The skull of the Miocene Spheniscus urbinai (Aves, Sphenisciformes): osteology, brain morphology, and the cranial pneumatic systems

• Published in: Journal of Anatomy
• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Paulina Carabajal, Ariana, Yury Yáñez, Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: CRANIAL ENDOCAST; NEOGENE; OSTEOLOGY; PARANASAL PNEUMATICITY; PARATYMPANIC PNEUMATICITY; PENGUINS; SKULL PNEUMATICITY; SOUTH AMERICA AND ANTARCTICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Antarctic; Argentina; Patagonia; Paulina; The Antarctic; Yáñez; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/164836

Spheniscus urbinai represents one of four extinct Spheniscus species from the Cenozoic of southern South America, known from several poorly described diversely complete skulls and postcranial elements. Here, we present a review of the cranial osteology of all known specimens (collected in Argentina,...