Endocranial morphology of Pygoscelis calderensis (Aves, Spheniscidae) from the Neogene of Chile and remarks on brain morphology in modern Pygoscelis

• Published in: Historical Biology
• Main Authors: Paulina Carabajal, Ariana, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Yuri Yáñez, Roberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Braincase; Cranial Endocast; Inner Ear; South America; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Alicia; Acosta; Paulina; Yáñez; Funes; Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis papua
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/27731

The endocranial anatomy of Pygoscelis calderensis, a fossil species from the Bahía Inglesa Formation (Middle Miocene–Pliocene) of Chile, South America, was described through CT scans. Reconstructions of the fossil P. calderensis and endocasts for the living Pygoscelis adeliae, and Pygoscelis papua a...