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Penguin wing fossil shows importance of Zealandia in penguin evolution

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New study describes a new species of penguin that lived in Otago about 24 million years ago .

Named Pakudyptes hakataramea, the penguin was very small, with anatomical adaptations that allowed it to dive.

Researchers analyzed three bones—a humerus, femur and ulna—found by Professor Fordyce in South Canterbury in 1987 .

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