At the root of the early penguin neck: a study of the only two cervicodorsal spines recovered from the Eocene of Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Author: Piotr Jadwiszczak
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; La Meseta Formation; Palaeogene; early Sphenisciformes; cervicodorsal vertebrae; geo; archeo; Antarctic; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; King Penguins; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.23861; https://doaj.org/article/0607742ca0634857992d64d569b76571

The spinal column of early Antarctic penguins is poorly known, mainly due to the scarcity of articulated vertebrae in the fossil record. One of the most interesting segments of this part of the skeleton is the transitional series located at the root of the neck. Here, two such cervicodorsal series,...