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A new penguin cranium Antarctica (1 Viewer)

Fred Ruhe

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Netherlands
Nadia Haidr & Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche, 2017

A new penguin cranium from Antarctica and its implications for body size diversity during the Eocene.

Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 286(2):. 229-233

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2017/0698

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/njbgeol/2017/00000286/00000002/art00008

Abstract:

Although penguins have a very abundant fossil record in Antarctica, very few cranial elements have been found so far, and in all the cases the specimens are incomplete. We describe a new cranium of a medium-sized penguin from the late Eocene Submeseta Formation in Marambio/ Seymour Island, Antarctica. Its morphology allows us to establish a common cranial pattern for all known Eocene taxa (including South American, Antarctic and probably Oceanian species), with very different proportions between cranium and post-cranium from those of modern penguins. These Paleogene fossils exhibit a small neurocrania, extremely elongated bills, large occipital condyles, and strong cranio-mandibular articulations.

Keywords: 3D SCAN; ANATOMY; EOCENE; PALEOBIODIVERSITY; SEYMOUR ISLAND; SPHENISCIFORMES

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Fred
 
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