Inkayacu
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inkayacu-260-6013181
title:
Inkayacu
text:
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.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct species of red-bellied penguin
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkayacu
date created:
date modified:
2024-03-27T10:23:12Z
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13
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