First articulated skeleton of <i>Palaeeudyptes gunnari</i> from the late Eocene of Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica
The first articulated skeleton of a penguin from the late Eocene of Antarctica is described. MLP 96-I-6-13 comes from the upper Submeseta Allomember (La Meseta Formation) of Isla Marambio (locality DPV 10/84). The significance of this finding in the context of the <i>Anthropornis nordenskjoeld...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Repositorio: | SEDICI (UNLP) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/82615 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82615 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias Naturales Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi biozone fossil penguin Palaeogene Spheniscidae |
| Sumario: | The first articulated skeleton of a penguin from the late Eocene of Antarctica is described. MLP 96-I-6-13 comes from the upper Submeseta Allomember (La Meseta Formation) of Isla Marambio (locality DPV 10/84). The significance of this finding in the context of the <i>Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi</i> biozone is discussed. An osteologic description of the recovered elements and a brief discussion of its systematic determination are provided. MLP 96-I-6-13 is the first articulated skeleton with sure specific assignment to <i>Palaeeudyptes gunnari</i> (Wiman, 1905), a species previously known only through isolated tarsometatarsi and included in the groups of Wiman. |
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