業餘古生物學家Leigh Love 於2018年在北坎特伯雷威帕拉河流域附近的Waipara Greensand fossil bed 發現了這些巨型企鵝化石，再經由坎特伯雷博物館的研究人員與德國法蘭克福博物館的研究人員組成團隊，分析這些化石得出結論，為過去不曾發現的物種，研究成果於近日在《澳洲古生物學期刊》（Alcheringa）上發表。
Crossvallia waiparensis, sp. nov. from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand. A–L, overview of the leg bones preserved in the holotype (CM 2018.23.9) and M–O, tentatively referred proximal end of a left humerus (CM 2016.158.3).
A–C, Left tibiotarsus in cranial (A), caudal (B) and lateral (C) view. D–F, Right tibiotarsus in cranial (D), caudal (E) and lateral (F) view. G, H, Distal end of left femur in cranial (G) and caudal (H) view. I–K, Right tarsometatarsus in cranial (I), plantar (J) and distal (K) view. L, Pedal phalanx. M–O, Tentatively referred proximal end of left humerus in caudal (M), ventral (N) and cranial (O) view. Abbreviations: cms, crista musculi supracoracoidei; fvd, foramen vasculare distale; fvp, foramen vasculare proximale; pst, pons supratendineus; stv, sulcus transversus. Scale bar ¼ 50 mm.作者:
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Leg bones of a new penguin species from the Waipara Greensand add to the diversity of very large-sized Sphenisciformes in the Paleocene of New Zealand
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