A new penguin cranium from Antarctica and its implications for body size diversity during the Eocene

• Published in: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
• Main Authors: Haidr, Nadia Soledad, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: E Schweizerbartsche Verlags
• Subjects: 3D SCAN; ANATOMY; EOCENE; PALEOBIODIVERSITY; SEYMOUR ISLAND; SPHENISCIFORMES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Acosta; Alicia; Antarctic; Argentina; Marambio; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/37479

Although penguins have a very abundant fossil record in Antarctica, very few cranial elements have been found so far, and in all the cases the specimens are incomplete. We describe a new cranium of a medium-sized penguin from the late Eocene Submeseta Formation in Marambio/ Seymour Island, Antarctic...