Synsacra of the Eocene Antarctic penguins: new data on spinal maturation and an insight into their role in the control of walking
Abstract The synsacrum is an important element of the axial skeleton in birds, both volant and flightless. Little is known about the maturation of this complex bone in penguins. In this work, the supposedly ontogenetically youngest known synsacrum of early penguins was described. The analysis of thi...
| Published in: | Polish Polar Research |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0005 http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/popore/35/1/article-p27.xml https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/popore.2014.35.issue-1/popore-2014-0005/popore-2014-0005.pdf |