Main pathways in the evolution of the Paleogene Antarctic Sphenisciformes

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Scarano, Alejo Carlos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Sphenisciformes; Biodiversity; Paleogene; Antarctica; Weddellian Current; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Antarctic; Argentina; Avellaneda; Cross Valley; Drake Passage; Pacific; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/22263

The Seymour Island fossil penguins from the Cross Valley and La Meseta Formations, Seymour Island (James Ross Basin; late Paleocene, and Eocene/?early Oligocene respectively) constitute the most complete stratigraphic records of the group known in the world. In addition to the geographic and stratig...