Penguin wing fossil shows importance of Zealandia in penguin evolution

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Aug 1, 2024, 7:35 am177 pts
Three small fossil penguin bones, collected in South Canterbury in 1987, are now shedding new light on how penguin wings have evolved. A new study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, describes a new species of penguin that lived in Otago about 24 million years ago.

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