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''Archaeospheniscus wimani'' is an extinct species of penguin. It was the smallest species of the genus ''Archaeospheniscus'', being approximately 75-85 cm high, or about the size of a gentoo penguin. It is also the oldest known species of its genus, as its remains were found in Middle or Late Eocene strata (34-50 MYA) of the La Meseta Formation on Seymour Island, Antarctica. It is known from a fair number of bones. The species' binomen honors Carl Wiman, an early 20th-century researcher who laid the groundwork for the classification of the prehistoric penguins. ==References== * Jadwiszczak, Piotr (2006): Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica: Taxonomy. ''Polish Polar Research'' 27(1): 3–62. (PDF fulltext ) * Marples, Brian J. (1953): Fossil penguins from the mid-Tertiary of Seymour Island. ''Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports'' 5: 1–15. (PDF fulltext (zipped) ) * Myrcha, Andrzej; Jadwiszczak, Piotr; Tambussi, Claudia P.; Noriega, Jorge I.; Gaździcki, Andrzej; Tatur, Andrzej & Del Valle, Rodolfo A. (2002): Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. ''Polish Polar Research'' 23(1): 5–46. (PDf fulltext ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archaeospheniscus wimani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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