Bubonic bird
Meet the monster penguin identified from fossils found in Waipara, North Canterbury. Standing about 1.6 metres tall and weighing up to 80 kg, ‘Crossvallia waiparensis’ lived in the Paleocene Epoch (between 66 and 56 million years ago) and is one of the world’s oldest known penguin species. The discovery by a research team including Canterbury Museum curators adds to the list of gigantic, but extinct, New Zealand fauna. These include the world’s largest parrot, a giant eagle, giant burrowing bat, the moa and other giant penguins. See the 3D model at https://skfb.ly/6MF7K and more at https://www.canterburymuseum.com/about-us/media-releases/monster-penguin-find-in-waipara-north-canterbury/