A new penguin cranium from Antarctica and its implications for body size diversity during the Eocene

• Main Authors: Haidr, Nadia Soledad, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Paleontología; Sphenisciformes; Eocene; Seymour Island; 3D scan; Anatomy; Paleobiodiversity; Antarctic; Marambio; Seymour; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/119257

Although penguins have a very abundant fossil record in Antarctica, very few cranial elements have been found so far, and in all the cases the specimens are incomplete. We describe a new cranium of a medium-sized penguin from the late Eocene Submeseta Formation in Marambio/ Seymour Island, Antarctic...