First articulated skeleton of Palaeeudyptes gunnari 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 Seymour Island (locality DPV 10/84). The significance of this finding in the context of the Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi biozon...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/196395 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/196395 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ANTHROPORNIS NORDENSKJOELDI BIOZONE FOSSIL PENGUIN PALAEOGENE SPHENISCIDAE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| 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 Seymour Island (locality DPV 10/84). The significance of this finding in the context of the Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi 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 Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman 1905), a species previously known only through isolated tarsometatarsi and included in the groups of Wiman. |
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