#kumimanu

[darknymfa-art]

Mayozoic day 24, Kumimanu biceae. A really big penguin, to contrast with the little penguin from back in February.

[varahai]

Kumimanu - Wikipedia

"Kumimanu is an extinct genus of giant penguin, which lived around 56 to 60 million years ago. The type species is Kumimanu biceae, which arose after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.[1] Fossils were found in New Zealand, and the discovery was announced in December 2017.[1] A second species, Kumimanu fordycei, was named in February 2023,[2] though some researchers consider it synonymous with the type species.[3]"

Nyt äkkiä joku kääntämään tää wikiartikkeli suomeksi :D

[thatonegaycactus]

day 144 of DDD! The Kumimanu! A penguin from new zealand that appeared a few million years after the extinction of Non-avian dinosaurs! They were massive, being almost as tall as a person! in 2023 a new species wa proposed being K. fordycei though there are researchers who claim that it is still K. biceae.

[darksilvania]

KUMIRUKU (Water/Ground)

The fourth of the six fossil hybrids, obtained from mixing the Piscen and Avian samples you get from PALEOLITO

It is based in prehistoric giant penguins, its name is a combination of Kumimanu and Kairuku, two genus containing some of the largest penguins to ever live

[wybie-wyvern]

Extinct birds (and dinosaurs).

Tried to replicate an old-fashioned etching/engraving look, with a rectangle border to make it more Professional and Scientific. Smaller birds/dinosaurs were scaled up, but everything is vaguely to scale.

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Fossil Novembirb: Day 3 - Race to the Sea

During the start of the Cenozoic, the oceans were relatively empty. Gone were the great marine reptiles like mosasaurs and plesiosaurs, as were ammonites and many large predatory fish. As soon as birds could, they entered the ocean to reap its bounties, whether by flying over the surface or diving to the depths. This is especially evident in Aotearoa (New Zealand), where lots of early seabirds, including the first penguins, were found in Paleocene sediments dating about 62 million years ago.

Kumimanu: One of the largest known penguins, and one of the earliest, standing over 1,5 metres tall and weighing 90-150 kilograms.

Sequiwaimanu: Another early penguin, known from a skull that preserves a long, spear-like beak.

Muriwaimanu: A relatively small early penguin. Like other early penguins, it had relatively long legs and somewhat flexible wings.

Kupoupou: A small early penguin with derived traits, like a flipper-like wing and short legs.

Waimanu: The earliest known penguin, and also relatively large at the size of the modern king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Protodontopteryx: The earliest known pelagornithid, large soaring marine birds. This earliest member of the family sports a "modest" 2-metre wingspan.

Clymenoptilon: An early representative of tropicbirds that may have lived somewhat like a tern.