A new small-sized penguin from the late Eocene of Seymour Island with additional material of Mesetaornis polaris

• Published in: GFF
• Main Authors: Jadwiszczak, Piotr, Reguero, Marcelo, Mörs, Thomas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Enheten för paleobiologi 2021
• Subjects: Paleontology; Geology; Paleogene; Antarctic Peninsula; Submeseta Formation; early Sphenisciformes; Marambiornopsis; Mesetaornis; Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-4289; https://doi.org/10.1080/11035897.2021.1900385

Here, we report on two tarsometatarsi assignable to relatively small-sized Eocene Antarctic penguins, housed in the palaeozoological collections of Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm. The Priabonian fossils were collected by museum staff during two joined Argentinean and Swedish expeditions from...