A traumatic fracture in a giant Eocene penguin from Antarctica

Abstract A fractured femur of a giant fossil penguin from the Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi Biozone (Late Eocene), Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica (La Meseta Formation) is described. Palaeoecological, palaeopathological and taphonomical implications derived from the analysis of the kinds of...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina, Perez, Leandro M., Acosta, Walter, Reguero, Marcelo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Seymour
Seymour Island
Marambio
isla Marambio
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102012000430
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102012000430

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