Giant Eocene Penguin was Human-size

[Oxytropidoceras]

Giant ancient penguin was human-size

By Jen Christensen, CNN, December 12, 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/12/world/giant-ancient-penguin-found/index.html

 

Ancient Penguins Were Giant Waddling Predators

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times, December 12, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/science/ancient-penguins-kumimanu.html

 

Fossil hunters find man-sized penguin on

New Zealand beach, The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/12/fossil-hunters-find-man-sized-penguin-on-new-zealand-beach

 

Giant Penguin: This Ancient Bird Was As

Tall As a Refrigerator By Laura Geggel,

December 12, 2017

https://www.livescience.com/61178-giant-penguin-fossils.html

 

Hospitaleche, C.A., 2014, General palaeontology,

systematics and evolution (Vertebrate palaeontology)

New giant penguin bones from Antarctica:

Systematic and paleobiological significance

Nouveaux os de manchots géants de

l’Antarctique : importance systématique et

paléobiologique. Comptes Rendus Palevol

Volume 13, Issue 7, October 2014, Pages 555-560

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S163106831400058X?via=ihub

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[oldtimer]

That is a great collection of articles.

Spend quite a bit of time reading.  Very cool.