Everything about Pachydyptes totally explained
Pachydyptes is an
extinct genus of penguin. It contains the single species
Pachydyptes ponderosus, the
New Zealand Giant Penguin. This taxon is known from a few bones from Late
Eocene (34 to 37
MYA) rocks in the area of
Otago, and a fine specimen found near
Kawhia,
New Zealand, in
January 2006.
With a height of 140 to 160
cm (about 5
ft) and weighing 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.
Pachydyptes was slightly larger than
Icadyptes salasi, the best-identified of the giant penguins.
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