Ridgen's penguin

English

Etymology

The remains were found in 1968 by schoolboy Alan Ridgen.

Noun

Ridgen's penguin (plural Ridgen's penguins)

An extinct species of penguin (†Aptenodytes ridgeni), from New Zealand during the Pliocene epoch.

References

Ridgen's Penguin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aptenodytes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Aptenodytes ridgeni at Paleobiology Database

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