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''Pachydyptes'' is an extinct genus of penguin. It contains the single species ''Pachydyptes ponderosus'', the New Zealand giant penguin. This taxon is known from a few bones from Late Eocene (37 to 34 MYA) rocks in the area of Otago. With a height of 140 to 160 cm (about 5 ft) and weighing around 80 to possibly over 100 kg, it was the second-tallest penguin ever, surpassed only by ''Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi'' in height, but probably not in weight. ''Pachydyptes'' was slightly larger than ''Icadyptes salasi'', the best-identified of the giant penguins. ==References== * Oliver, Walter R. B. (1930). (''Pachydyptes'' ). ''In: New Zealand birds'', 85-86. Wellington: Fine Arts. ==External links== * Wikinews: Students find fossilised giant penguin * (Geocities Geocities NatureLand 5218 ): Information and good reconstruction 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「Pachydyptes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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