Miocene Patagonian penguins: craniomandibular morphology and functional mechanics

• Published in: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Haidr, Nadia Soledad, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Fossil Penguin; Miocene; Functional Morphology; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Alicia; Acosta; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/33881

Fossil penguins (Aves, Spheniscidae) are widely recorded throughout the Southern Hemisphere and are especially well represented from the Eocene to present in Patagonia. There are currently three Miocene specimens that include preservation of part of the skull and mandibles: Paraptenodytes antarcticu...