Endocranial anatomy of Antarctic Eocene stem penguins: implications for sensory system evolution in Sphenisciformes (Aves)

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: Tambussi, Claudia Patricia, Degrange, Federico Javier, Ksepka, Daniel T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Subjects: Evolucion; Cerebro; Organos de Los Sentidos; Spheniscifornes; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Argentina; Recess; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/43870

Penguins have a more than 60 million year long evolutionary history. Thus, stem lineage fossil taxa are key to understanding their evolution. Here, we present data on three virtual endocasts from stem penguin skulls collected from the Eocene La Meseta Formation of Seymour Island (Antarctica), along...