August
16
/ 2019
A new species of giant penguin - about 1.6 meters (5.25 ft.) tall - has been identified from fossils found in Waipara, North Canterbury. The discovery of Crossvallia waiparensis, a monster penguin from the Paleocene Epoch (between 66 and 56 million years ago), adds to the list of gigantic, but extinct, New Zealand fauna. These include the world's largest parrot, a giant eagle, giant burrowing bat, the moa, and other giant penguins. C. waiparensis is one of the world's oldest known penguin species and also one of the largest - taller even than today's 1.2 meter (3.94 ft.) Emperor Penguin - and weighing up to 70 to 80 kg (154.32-176.37 lbs.) Strange But Serious Medieval Animal Trials Were No Kangaroo
