Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dracohors
Superordo: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Classis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
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