Re: [dinosaur] Kupoupou, new Paleocene penguin from Chatham Island (free pdf)

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When penguins ruled after dinosaurs died


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Giant penguin species, cousin to the 'monster penguin', discovered at over
one metre tall

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 8:55 AM Ben Creisler <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Ben Creisler
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> A new paper with free pdf:
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> Kupoupou stilwelli n. gen. & sp. nov.
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> Blokland, Jacob C., Reid, Catherine M., Worthy, Trevor H., Tennyson, Alan
> J.D., Clarke, Julia A., and Scofield, R. Paul. 2019.
> Chatham Island Paleocene fossils provide insight into the palaeobiology,
> evolution, and diversity of early penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes).
> Palaeontologia Electronica 22.3.78: 1-92
> doi: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__doi.org_10.26879_1009&d=DwIBaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=lUyfmT_SO3CHAK-dlBGu7nadZjtqcJGxzgQTrPxEyA0&s=B07DvAS52eNPebQAm0KvW7LSCZbkKLpk8LaTJqep4Kk&e= 
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__palaeo-2Delectronica.org_content_2019_2773-2Dchatham-2Disland-2Dpenguins&d=DwIBaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=lUyfmT_SO3CHAK-dlBGu7nadZjtqcJGxzgQTrPxEyA0&s=nFrfgS8Y7j8bQ09cXBqYVFvGZ2SQKdktVOA-bsVbCnA&e= 
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> Free pdf:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__palaeo-2Delectronica.org_content_pdfs_1009.pdf&d=DwIBaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=Ry_mO4IFaUmGof_Yl9MyZgecRCKHn5g4z1CYJgFW9SI&m=lUyfmT_SO3CHAK-dlBGu7nadZjtqcJGxzgQTrPxEyA0&s=cY96E821qAZalXqglBHVr3anbndP8tDFzh-NNW8cboA&e= 
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> zoobank.org/4576CB2A-AB34-46DE-B198-4B6BBE219901
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> Numerous skeletal remains recovered in situ from the late early to middle
> Paleocene Takatika Grit of Chatham Island, New Zealand, are among the
> oldest known fossils attributed to the penguin clade (Aves,
> Sphenisciformes). They represent a new medium-sized taxon, for which we
> erect a new genus and species, and a second, notably larger form. These new
> penguins are analysed in a parsimony and Bayesian framework using an
> updated and revised phylogenetic matrix, based on morphological and
> molecular characters, and interpreted as among the most basal of known
> sphenisciforms, closely related to Waimanu. While sharing numerous
> characteristics with the earliest wing-propelled divers, the novel taxon
> records the oldest occurrence of the characteristic penguin tarsometatarsus
> morphology. These ancient Chatham Island representatives add to a growing
> number and increased morphological diversity of Paleocene penguins in the
> New Zealand region, suggesting an origin for the group there. With their
> addition to other Paleocene penguins, these taxa reveal that sphenisciforms
> rapidly diversified as non-volant piscivores in the southern oceans
> following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction. They also provide further
> evidence for the hypothesis that their origin predates the Paleocene. This
> implies that stem Sphenisciformes and their sister group, the
> Procellariiformes, both originated in, and so may be expected to occur in,
> the Late Cretaceous.
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