Enigmatic morphological disparity in tarsometatarsi of Antarctic giant penguins

The only record of the Paleogene Antarctic Sphenisciformes comes from the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula). The analysis of tarsometatarsi attributed to the genus Anthropornis (“giant” penguins) from the Argentine, Polish and Swedish collections revealed an intriguing...

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Published in:Polish Polar Research
Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Jadwiszczak, Piotr
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences. Committee on Polar Research
Subjects:
SPHENISCIDAE
ANTARCTICA
EOCENE
MORPHOLOGY
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Argentina
Argentine
Seymour
Seymour Island
Alicia
Acosta
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Research
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/105054
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Summary:The only record of the Paleogene Antarctic Sphenisciformes comes from the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula). The analysis of tarsometatarsi attributed to the genus Anthropornis (“giant” penguins) from the Argentine, Polish and Swedish collections revealed an intriguing heterogeneity within these taxonomically important elements of the skeleton. The unique hypotarsal morphology challenges the current systematics of large−bodied penguins and sheds new light on their evolution. Fil: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina Fil: Jadwiszczak, Piotr. Uniwersytet w Białymstoku. Instytut Biologii; Polonia

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