Enigmatic morphological disparity in tarsometatarsi of giant penguins from the Eocene of Antarctica

• Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Jadwiszczak, Piotr
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Paleontología; Biología; Antarctic peninsula; Anthropornis; Eocene la meseta formation; Penguins; Tarsometatarsi; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentine; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84087

The only record of the Paleogene Antarctic Sphenisciformes comes from the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula). The analysis of tarsometatarsi attributed to the genus Anthropornis ("giant" penguins) from the Argentine, Polish and Swedish collections revealed an...