Fossils of "monster penguin" found in New Zealand

Scientists in New Zealand have identified a new species of giant penguin that stood 1.6 meters tall, after analyzing fossils found by an amateur palaeontologist.The Canterbury Museum, based in Christchurch, said in a statement that the bones of the "monster penguin" were found last year at the Waipara Greensand fossil site in the northeastern part of South Island.A team which included curators from the museum analyzed them and concluded that they belonged to a previously unknown species from the Paleocene Epoch, between 56 million and 66 million years ago.The ancient penguin, which was give…READ FULL ARTICLE