Food Chain
-Same as Emperor penguin
-Seafood
- Near the top
Characteristics:
"Largest penguin known to date in terms of height and body mass."
-Researcher Carolina Ascota
-Average penguin but twice as large
-Over 6ft
-250 pounds
- Large lung capacity
-Lived 37-40 million years ago
Why It Became Extinct
-No info on the Colossus penguin
- My prediction
Skeleton
How Large Is It?
-Complete skeleton not found
-Fossils found in Seymour Island
- Around 2m
-Largest tarsometatarsus - 9.13 cm
-Larger than the Emperor penguin
Other Large Penguins
-Inkayacu Paracasencis
-Kairuku
The Extinction of the Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii
By: Trinnie Ngo