Sequiwaimanu
{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}
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| fossil_range = Paleocene, {{fossilrange|58}}
| image = Sequiwaimanu.jpg
| image_caption = Wing bones of the holotype
| genus = Sequiwaimanu
| parent_authority = Mayr et al., 2018
| species = rosieae
| authority = Mayr et al., 2018
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Sequiwaimanu (meaning "to follow Waimanu") is an extinct genus of early penguin from the Waipara Greensand of New Zealand. The type species, S. rosieae, was named and described by Gerald Mayr in 2018.{{Cite journal|author1=Gerald Mayr |author2=Vanesa L. De Pietri |author3=Leigh Love |author4=Al A. Mannering |author5=R. Paul Scofield |year=2018 |title=A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=37 |issue= 6|pages=e1398169 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1398169 |s2cid=89744522 }}
Discovery and naming
The holotype is CM 2016.6.1, and Sequiwaimanu is the fourth penguin species to be discovered from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand, which originally held two species that were assigned to the taxon Waimanu. The specimen was discovered within Claremont Estate, which was owned by Richard Goord at the time of its discovery.
Sequiwaimanu rosieae was named and described by Mayr et al. (2018).
Description
Sequiwaimanu had leg bones similar to an unnamed giant penguin.Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018). "A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand". BioOne COMPLETE. 1 November 2017
See also
References
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Category:Prehistoric bird genera
Category:Paleogene birds of Oceania
Category:Fossils of New Zealand
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2018
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