Extinct species of red-bellied penguin
Inkayacu Temporal range: Late Eocene (Divisaderan-Tinguirirican)
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Restorations of Inkayacu (below) and Icadyptes
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Genus:
† Inkayacu Clarke et al. , 2010
Species:
†I. paracasensis
Binomial name
† Inkayacu paracasensis Clarke et al. 2010
Inkayacu is a genus of extinct penguins. It lived in what is now Peru during the Late Eocene, around 36 million years ago. A nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 2008 and includes fossilized feathers, the first known in penguins. A study of the melanosomes, pigment-containing organelles within the feathers, indicated that they were gray or reddish brown. This differs from modern penguins, which get their dark black-brown feathers from unique melanosomes that are large and ellipsoidal.
Last Update: 2024-03-27T10:23:12Z
Inkayacu is a genus of extinct penguins. It lived in what is now Peru during the Late Eocene, around 36 million years ago. A nearly complete skeleton was...
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Last Update: 2024-04-03T21:05:17Z
feathers of the Eocene penguin Inkayacu are long and narrow, similar to most birds. Their shape suggests that Inkayacu had grey and reddish-brown feathering...
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Last Update: 2024-05-30T10:05:35Z
genus Aegialornis, and primitive penguins such as Archaeospheniscus and Inkayacu .[citation needed] Reptile fossils from this time, such as fossils of pythons...
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Last Update: 2024-06-06T18:01:19Z
Giovanardi et al. 2021 Platydyptes novaezealandiae Giovanardi et al. 2021 Platydyptes marplesi Giovanardi et al. 2021 Inkayacu paracasensis Clarke et al. 2010...
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Spheniscidae †Crossvallia †Dege †Duntroonornis †Korora †Icadyptes †Inguza †Inkayacu †Kairuku †Marambiornopsis †Marplesornis †Palaeoapterodytes †Perudyptes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-19T19:48:48Z
cetacean stand out: Livyatan melvillei, of the prehistoric giant penguin: Inkayacu paracasensis, and the first Plesiosaur fossil located in Peruvian territory...
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Last Update: 2024-05-28T19:24:10Z
Spheniscidae †Crossvallia †Dege †Duntroonornis †Korora †Icadyptes †Inguza †Inkayacu †Kairuku †Marambiornopsis †Marplesornis †Palaeoapterodytes †Perudyptes...
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Last Update: 2024-06-11T02:43:53Z
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Last Update: 2023-07-28T19:29:01Z
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Last Update: 2023-08-03T07:14:27Z
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Last Update: 2024-01-07T22:18:35Z
possess pigments that might indicate black and iridescent colors. MUSM 1444 Inkayacu paracasensis Divisaderan-Tinguirirican Otuma Formation Peru A Fossil Penguin;...
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Last Update: 2024-06-24T04:45:13Z
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Last Update: 2024-02-16T09:55:31Z
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Last Update: 2023-10-25T20:32:16Z
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Last Update: 2023-11-26T20:40:14Z
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Last Update: 2024-02-23T06:39:12Z
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Last Update: 2024-03-10T22:58:17Z
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