Bioerosive traces in fossil penguin bones (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Eocene of Marambio/Seymour Island (West Antarctica)

• Published in: Historical Biology
• Main Authors: Irazoqui, Facundo Martín, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; DOMICHNIA; FIXICHNIA; FODINICHNIA; JAMES ROSS BASIN; PALAEOGENE; PASCICHNIA; PRAEDICHNIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Marambio; Seymour; Seymour Island; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/159832

We examined a set of penguin bones from different Eocene levels of the Submeseta Formation in Marambio/ Seymour Island (James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula) and found the bioerosive traces fossils presented here. Traces were assigned to ?Machichnus bohemicus, Machichnus indeterminate, Nihilichnus...