Main pathways in the evolution of Antarctic fossil penguins (Seymour/Marambio Island, La Meseta Formation, Eocene): cooling events and marine circulation

• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Paleontología; Pinguinos; Evolución; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; Marambio; Seymour; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/16623

The evolution of the Southern Ocean during the Paleogene played an important role in the origin of fossil penguins. Seymour/Marambio Island (La Meseta Formation, Eocene) contains one of the most complete records of the group in the world. The oldest undisputed record of penguins comes from the late...