Kairuku

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphenisciformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Phaethoquornithes Cladus: Aequornithes Cladus: Austrodyptornithes Ordo: Sphenisciformes

Genus: †Kairuku
Species (2): K. grebneffi – K. waitaki

Kairuku Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012

Ksepka, D.T., Fordyce, R.E., Ando, T. & Jones, C.M. 2012. New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2): 235–254. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.652051 . Reference page.