Scientists in New Zealand have found fossilized leg bones from a penguin believed to have been about the size of an adult human. The previously undiscovered giant penguin species likely stood about 1.6 meters tall and weighed up to 80 kilograms. The penguin existed about 60 million years ago, researchers say. The bones are believed to be from the oldest of several species of giant penguins that lived after dinosaurs died out. A fossil hunter found the bones last year in the Waipara River bed near the city of Christchurch. The bones are from the animal’s legs and feet. Scientists confirmed that the bones came from a newly discovered species. They recently reported their results in “Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.”
Title: Scientists Find Bones from Giant Penguin in New Zealand
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3587/aussiepen.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Scientists Find Bones from Giant Penguin in New Zealand' data-article-id='4034'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14000'>Scientists in New Zealand have found fossilized leg bones from a penguin believed to have been about the size of an adult human.</span> <span data-start-time='14000' data-end-time='27875'>The previously undiscovered giant penguin species likely stood about 1.6 meters tall and weighed up to 80 kilograms.</span> <span data-start-time='27875' data-end-time='35396'>The penguin existed about 60 million years ago, researchers say.</span> <span data-start-time='35396' data-end-time='47542'>The bones are believed to be from the oldest of several species of giant penguins that lived after dinosaurs died out.</span> <span data-start-time='47542' data-end-time='57604'>A fossil hunter found the bones last year in the Waipara River bed near the city of Christchurch.</span> <span data-start-time='57604' data-end-time='63063'>The bones are from the animal’s legs and feet.</span> <span data-start-time='63063' data-end-time='70458'>Scientists confirmed that the bones came from a newly discovered species.</span> <span data-start-time='70458' data-end-time='80083'>They recently reported their results in “Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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