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Sequiwaimanu Temporal range: Paleocene, 58 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Wing bones of the holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Genus:	†Sequiwaimanu Mayr et al., 2018
Species:	†S. rosieae
Binomial name
†Sequiwaimanu rosieae Mayr et al., 2018

Sequiwaimanu (meaning "to follow Waimanu") is an extinct genus of early penguin from the Waipara Greensand of New Zealand. The type species, S. rosieae, was named and described by Gerald Mayr in 2018.^[1]

Discovery and naming

The holotype is CM 2016.6.1, and Sequiwaimanu is the fourth penguin species to be discovered from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand, which originally held two species that were assigned to the taxon Waimanu. The specimen was discovered within Claremont Estate, which was owned by Richard Goord at the time of its discovery.^[1]

Sequiwaimanu rosieae was named and described by Mayr et al. (2018).^[1]

Description

Sequiwaimanu had leg bones similar to an unnamed giant penguin.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018). "A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (6): e1398169. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1398169. S2CID 89744522.
^ Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018). "A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand". BioOne COMPLETE. 1 November 2017

Genera of penguins, petrels, and albatrosses and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Neognathae
Clade: Austrodyptornithes

Sphenisciformes

incertae sedis

†Arthrodytes
†Aprosdokitos
†Kaiika
†Kumimanu
†Kupoupou
†Muriwaimanu
†Nucleornis
†Orthopteryx
†Pakudyptes
†Petradyptes
†Sequiwaimanu
†Tonniornis
†Waimanu
†Wimanornis

Spheniscidae

†Palaeospheniscinae	Eretiscus Palaeospheniscus
†Paraptenodytinae	Arthrodytes Paraptenodytes
†"Palaeeudyptinae"	Anthropodyptes Anthropornis Archaeospheniscus Delphinornis Marambiornis Mesetaornis Pachydyptes Palaeeudyptes Platydyptes
Spheniscinae	Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula †Madrynornis Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus

Procellariiformes

incertae sedis	†Kievornis †Lonchodytes? †Makahala
†Diomedeoididae	Diomedeoides Rupelornis
†Marinavidae	Marinavis
†Tytthostonychidae	Tytthostonyx
Diomedeidae	†Aldiomedes †Diomedavus Diomedea †Murunkus †Notoleptos Phoebastria Phoebetria †Plotornis Thalassarche †Tydea
Oceanitidae	Fregetta Garrodia Nesofregetta Oceanites Pelagodroma
Hydrobatidae	Hydrobates
Procellariidae	Aphrodroma Ardenna †Argyrodyptes Bulweria Calonectris Daption †Eopuffinus Fulmarus Halobaena Macronectes Pachyptila Pagodroma Pelecanoides †Primodroma Procellaria Pseudobulweria Pterodroma †Pterodromoides Puffinus Thalassoica

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