New giant penguin bones from Antarctica: Systematic and paleobiological significance

• Published in: Comptes Rendus Palevol
• Main Author: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier France-editions Scientifiques Medicales Elsevier
• Subjects: Giant Penguins; Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii; Eocene; Antarctica; Submeseta Formation; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Seymour; Marambio; Alicia; Manchot; Manchots; Acosta; Géants; Antarc*; Antarctique*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/32571

A tarsometatarsus and a fragmented humerus of striking dimensions recently collected in the Late Eocene locality DPV 13/84 Submeseta Formation-level 38 Submeseta II-, Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula were both assigned to Palaeeudyptes klekowskii. According to estimates, the tarsometat...