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''Aptenodytes ridgeni'', also referred to as Ridgen's penguin, is an
''Aptenodytes ridgeni'', also referred to as Ridgen's penguin, is an extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of penguin
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
from the Pliocene
The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58living congeners, standing an estimated 90–100 cm tall. The remains were first found in 1968 on a
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Canterbury region
Canterbury () is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island. The region covers an area of , making it the largest region in the country by area. It is home to a population of
The region in its current form was estab ...
beach by 11-year-old schoolboy Alan Ridgen.Gill, Brian James (1991). ''New Zealand's extinct birds''. Random Centuryp. 25
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References
Aptenodytes Extinct birds of New Zealand Extinct penguins Pliocene birds Fossil taxa described in 1972 {{Sphenisciformes-stub