Ridgen's Penguin

Ridgen's Penguin

Taxobox
name = Ridgen's Penguin
status = fossil
fossil_range = Early Pliocene?
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Aves
ordo = Sphenisciformes
familia = Spheniscidae
genus = "Aptenodytes"
species = "A. ridgeni"
binomial = "Aptenodytes ridgeni"
binomial_authority = Simpson, 1972

Ridgen's Penguin ("Aptenodytes ridgeni") is an extinct species of penguin from the Early (possibly Late) Pliocene of New Zealand. It was intermediate in size between its living congeners, standing an estimated 90-100 cm tall.


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