Kaiika maxwelli

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Classis/Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes
Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Aequornithes
Ordo: Sphenisciformes
Genus: †Kaiika
Species: Kaiika maxwelli

Name

• Kaiika maxwelli Fordyce & Thomas, 2011
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and unique
    • Description: 'Left humerus (OU 22402) and an associated second thin fragment of unidentifiable bone'
    • Repository: 'Geology Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand'
  • Type locality (and age): 'Out of place boulder from the floodplain of the Waihao River, at 44.79°S, 171.02°E, grid reference NZMS260 J40/532998; derived from outcrops sporadically exposed in the Waihao River, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Kauru Formation, Waipawan-Mangaorapan, Early Eocene, as discussed above. Geological Society of New Zealand Fossil Record File locality number J40 /f 223'

References

• Fordyce, R.E.; Thomas, D.B. 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