Short Note: An intriguing penguin bone from the Late Eocene of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Jadwiszczak, Piotr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Aptenodytes forsteri
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102008001405; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102008001405

Penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes) are interesting to both neontologists and palaeontologists (e.g. Davis & Renner 2003). The fossil record of these extremely specialized inhabitants of the Southern Hemisphere extends back to the Palaeocene epoch (Slack et al. 2006). Extinct penguins are known fro...