The coracoids in functional and morphological studies of penguins (Aves, Spheniscidae) of the Eocene of Antarctica

• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Di Carlo, Ulises
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli Studi di Milano
• Subjects: Eocene Antarctica; Fossil penguin; Functional morphology; Diving mechanic; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Ulises; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/198832

The partial articulated skeleton MLP 77-V-10-1 comes from the upper levels of La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctica) at the southwestern slope of the plateau. These remains were found in the Submeseta Allomember, within the Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi Biozone, dated at 34.2 Ma using stront...