First fossilized skin of a giant penguin from the Eocene of Antarctica

• Published in: Lethaia
• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, de Los Reyes, Leonardo Martín, Santillana, Sergio, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: LUTETIAN; MINERALIZED INTEGUMENT; PALAEEUDYPTES GUNNARI; PALAEOGENE; SEYMOUR ISLAND; SUBMESETA FORMATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentino; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Alicia; Acosta; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/130635

An articulated wing belonging to Palaeeudyptes gunnari containing mineralized skin was found in Lutetian (middle Eocene) sediments from Seymour Island, Antarctica. It shows the connective tissues, morphology and density of the feather follicles, and a groove pattern left by the feather calami restin...