Sequiwaimanu

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]

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

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]

See also

• 2018 in paleontology
• Muriwaimanu