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Spheniscidae

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Wikipedia Abstract

Tereingaornis moisleyi, also referred to as Moisley's penguin, is a genus and species of extinct penguin from the Middle Pliocene of New Zealand. It was slightly smaller than the extant Fiordland crested penguin. It was described by Ron Scarlett in 1983 from fossil material (a coracoid, humerus and other bones) found by William Moisley near Te Reinga Falls on the Wairoa River, in the Hawke's Bay Region of the North Island. Another specimen was found later at Waihi Beach, Hawera, on the South Taranaki Bight. The genus name Tereingaornis combines the name of the type locality with the Greek ornis ("bird"); the specific epithet honours the discoverer of the fossil.
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Genus

Anthropodyptes (1)
Anthropornis (2)
Aptenodytes (emperor penguin and king penguin) (4)
Archaeospheniscus (3)
Arthrodytes (1)
Crossvallia (2)
Dege (1)
Delphinornis (3)
Duntroonornis (1)
Eretiscus (1)
Eudyptes (rockhopper, macaroni, and related penguins) (12)   (2)
Eudyptula (little penguins) (1)
Halieus (2)
Inguza (1)
Korora (1)
Madrynornis (1)
Marambiornis (1)
Marambiornopsis (1)
Marplesornis (1)
Megadyptes (yellow-eyed penguin) (2)   (1)
Mesetaornis (1)
Nucleornis (1)
Pachydyptes (2)
Palaeeudyptes (4)
Palaeospheniscus (8)
Paraptenodytes (3)
Platydyptes (3)
Pseudaptenodytes (1)
Pygoscelis (Adelie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins) (6)
Spheniscus (Spheniscus penguins) (8)   (2)
Tonniornis (2)
Waimanu (1)
Wimanornis (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0