A new early miocene penguin skull from patagonia: Taxonomic and paleobiological value

In this work, a new skull (MLG 3400) exhumed from the Chenque Formation (early Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina) (Fig. 1) is assigned to Spheniscidae cf. Spheniscus Brisson, 1760 (Fig. 2). The significance of this finding is that it increases the penguin fossil record in the area, which is...

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Autor: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/81141
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/81141
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Pingüino Fósil
Mioceno
Patagonia
Cráneo
Spheniscus
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Resumo:In this work, a new skull (MLG 3400) exhumed from the Chenque Formation (early Miocene of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina) (Fig. 1) is assigned to Spheniscidae cf. Spheniscus Brisson, 1760 (Fig. 2). The significance of this finding is that it increases the penguin fossil record in the area, which is scant and consisting of only isolated remains.