Richness of lichens growing on Eocene fossil penguin remains from Antarctica

• Main Authors: García, Renato Andrés, Márquez, Gonzalo Javier, Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Fossil penguin bones; Endolithic; Bioerosion; Taphonomy; Fungi systematic; Seymour/Marambio Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marambio; Seymour; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/145130

Antarctica presents one of the most severe environmental conditions for life. Under these circumstances, cryptogams are the dominant photosynthetic organisms, among which we find a great richness of lichens. In Antarctic environments, lichens can grow on rocks or in this case on fossil remains, amon...