Paleobiological remarks on a new partial skeleton of theantarctic eocene antarctic penguin Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii

• Published in: Ameghiniana
• Main Author: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina
• Subjects: Fossil Penguin; Antarctica; Paleobiology; Palaeeudyptes Klekowskii; Eocene; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; Alicia; Acosta; Pingüino; isla Marambio; Antarc*; Antártica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/9180

A new incomplete penguin skeleton is described herein. It is assigned to Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha, Tatur and Del Valle, a giant sphenisciform from the Priabonian Submeseta Formation in Marambio/Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Also provided is a paleobiological discussion derived from the...