Kaiika

Kaiika; Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Genus:	†Kaiika; Fordyce & Thomas, 2011
Species
	†K. maxwelli Fordyce & Thomas, 2011 (type);

Kaiika (Māori for "eater of fish") is an extinct genus of basal penguin from Early Eocene (Waipawan-Mangaorapan subage) deposits of South Canterbury, New Zealand. It is known only from a single humerus. It was found in 1998 by Dr Phillip Maxwell, a paleontologist and stratigrapher, from the of the , near the Waihao River. It was first named by and Daniel Thomas in 2011 and the type species is Kaiika maxwelli. Kaiika is one of the oldest penguins known.^[1]

References[]

^ R. Ewan Fordyce and Daniel Thomas (2011). "Kaiika maxwelli, a new Early Eocene archaic penguin (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from Waihao Valley, South Canterbury, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 54 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1080/00288306.2011.536521. S2CID 128676449.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[Kaiika-1] R. Ewan Fordyce and Daniel Thomas (2011). "Kaiika maxwelli, a new Early Eocene archaic penguin (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from Waihao Valley, South Canterbury, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 54 (1): 43–51. doi:10.1080/00288306.2011.536521. S2CID 128676449.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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