Pachydyptes

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title: Pachydyptes
text: Pachydyptes, also known as the New Zealand giant penguin is an extinct genus of penguin. This taxon is known from a few bones from Late Eocene rocks in the area of Otago, which were found in two clades near a base of a tree. G.G. Simpson, an evolutionary biologist, estimated a height of 140 to 160 cm and a weight of around 80 to possibly over 100 kg. it was the second-tallest penguin ever, surpassed only by Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi in height, but probably not in weight. This was because of th
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description: Extinct genus of birds
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date modified: 2024-03-15T03:02:59Z
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