description Dege hendeyi Overview
Dege hendeyi is an extinct fossil penguin named from sparse limb bones associated with the Varswater Formation at Langebaanweg in South Africa's Western Cape. The described material includes a worn radius and part of a tibiotarsus, and the species has been placed between other South African fossil penguins in size. It is usually discussed within a late Neogene record, but its fragmentary remains and the uncertain status of the genus, sometimes written as "Dege", limit detailed conclusions about its anatomy and classification. [South African Museum](https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/7082/VZ_162_Duinefontein_seabirds.pdf)
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