Paleobiological remarks on a new partial skeleton of theantarctic eocene antarctic penguin Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii
A new incomplete penguin skeleton is described herein. It is assigned to Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha, Tatur and Del Valle, a giant sphenisciform from the Priabonian Submeseta Formation in Marambio/Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Also provided is a paleobiological discussion derived from the...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/9180 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/9180 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Fossil Penguin Antarctica Paleobiology Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii Eocene https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Sumario: | A new incomplete penguin skeleton is described herein. It is assigned to Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha, Tatur and Del Valle, a giant sphenisciform from the Priabonian Submeseta Formation in Marambio/Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Also provided is a paleobiological discussion derived from the morphology of this skeleton. A thorough description of muscular origin and insertions, body mass, body length, and diving duration estimations support the hypothesis that the new specimen represents a marine bird with limited swimming skills wighing 40–44 kg and measuring 133.2–143.2 cm long. |
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