Everything about Inguza totally explained
Inguza predemersus is an
extinct species of
penguin. It was formerly placed in the
genus Spheniscus and presumed to be a close relative of the
African Penguin, but after its well-distinct
tarsometatarsus was found, it was moved into its present
monotypic genus.
What is known from molecular data is that the time at which the present species lived isn't too distant from the arrival of the ancestors of the African Penguin on the Atlantic coasts of southern Africa. On the other hand, it may be closer to
Pygoscelis. This would mean that its ancestors diverged from those of the extant
Pygoscelis most likely at an indeterminate point of time during the
Oligocene.
Alternatively, it might not be close to extant penguins (the Spheniscinae), but a late survivor of an extant lineage. This isn't very likely given its age — it would be the last known survivor of the non-spheniscine penguins — but as some of these still lived a few million years ago, it can't be ruled out.
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