FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ...
Penguins have peculiar modifications in their skeletal anatomy as a consequence of their extremely specialized diving habit. Morphological specialization is particularly evident in the forelimb. However, the kinematics of the pectoral girdle appears to be key to the locomotion of penguins. Penguin s...
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ftdatacite:10.13130/2039-4942/6016 2023-08-27T04:05:12+02:00 FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA DI CARLO, ULISES 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/6016 http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6016 en eng Università degli Studi di Milano Eocene; Antarctica; Fossil Penguins; Functional morphology; diving mechanics Text article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle 2012 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/6016 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z Penguins have peculiar modifications in their skeletal anatomy as a consequence of their extremely specialized diving habit. Morphological specialization is particularly evident in the forelimb. However, the kinematics of the pectoral girdle appears to be key to the locomotion of penguins. Penguin scapulae have an unusual morphology among birds. Modern penguins have a very large (especially broad) scapula, whereas this bone is long but narrower in basal fossil species. The recent finding of an incomplete scapula with a singular acromion in the Upper Eocene Submeseta Allomember of the La Meseta Formation in the Antarctic Peninsula reveals a scapula proportionally narrower than those of modern penguins but similar to that of Waimanu and possibly other Eocene species. Osteological comparisons and muscular dissections of modern penguins show that the most striking feature is the curvature of the acromion, and the consequent enlargement of the facies articularis clavicularis. The configuration of the acromion and ... : Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 118, No 3 ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula |
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Eocene; Antarctica; Fossil Penguins; Functional morphology; diving mechanics ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA DI CARLO, ULISES FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... |
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Penguins have peculiar modifications in their skeletal anatomy as a consequence of their extremely specialized diving habit. Morphological specialization is particularly evident in the forelimb. However, the kinematics of the pectoral girdle appears to be key to the locomotion of penguins. Penguin scapulae have an unusual morphology among birds. Modern penguins have a very large (especially broad) scapula, whereas this bone is long but narrower in basal fossil species. The recent finding of an incomplete scapula with a singular acromion in the Upper Eocene Submeseta Allomember of the La Meseta Formation in the Antarctic Peninsula reveals a scapula proportionally narrower than those of modern penguins but similar to that of Waimanu and possibly other Eocene species. Osteological comparisons and muscular dissections of modern penguins show that the most striking feature is the curvature of the acromion, and the consequent enlargement of the facies articularis clavicularis. The configuration of the acromion and ... : Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 118, No 3 ... |
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ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA DI CARLO, ULISES |
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ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA DI CARLO, ULISES |
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FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... |
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FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... |
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FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... |
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FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... |
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FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SINGULAR PENGUIN SCAPULA (AVES, SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA ... |
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functional implications of a singular penguin scapula (aves, sphenisciformes) from the eocene of antarctica ... |
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Università degli Studi di Milano |
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2012 |
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Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula |
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