Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. Polish Polar Research 23

• Main Authors: Andrzej Myrcha, Piotr Jadwiszczak, Claudia P. Tambussi, Jorge I. Noriega, Andrzej Gaździcki, Andrzej Tatur, Rodolfo A. Del Valle
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Argentine; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polish Polar Research
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.625.3030; http://www.polar.pan.pl/ppr23/ppr23-005.pdf

ABSTRACT: Eocene penguin remains from Seymour Island (Antarctica) are so far the old− est−known record of extinct Sphenisciformes. Rich Argentine and Polish collections of pen− guin bones from the La Meseta Formation are taxonomically revised on tarsometatarsal morphology. Two genera and four specie...