Buscar
Mostrando ítems 31-40 de 157
Additional Pelagornithidae remains from Seymour Island, Antarctica
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2020-04)
Two incomplete mandibles are assigned to Pelagornithidae given the presence of a well marked neurovascular furrow and the unique bony projections, or “pseudo-teeth”, along the crista tomialis. Specimens IAA-Pv 175 from ...
Bioerosive traces in fossil penguin bones (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Eocene of Marambio/Seymour Island (West Antarctica)
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-12)
We examined a set of penguin bones from different Eocene levels of the Submeseta Formation in Marambio/ Seymour Island (James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula) and found the bioerosive traces fossils presented here. Traces ...
Soil formation in Seymour Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica
(Geomorphology, 2018)
Richness of lichens growing on Eocene fossil penguin remains from Antarctica
(Springer, 2020-10-16)
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 ...
Eocene ungulate mammals from West Antarctica: Implications from their fossil record and a new species
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-10)
Here we describe a new terrestrial mammal from the Eocene of Seymour Island (Isla Marambio) represented by a lower left third molar and assigned to a new species of Sparnotheriodontidae, an ungulate family with a broad ...
Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld's Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman's contribution
(Cambridge University Press, 2017-07)
The early explorer and scientist Otto Nordenskjöld, leader of the Swedish South Polar Expedition of 1901-1903, was the first to collect Antarctic penguin fossils. The site is situated in the northeastern region of Seymour ...
Revision of Eocene Antarctic carpet sharks (Elasmobranchii, Orectolobiformes) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula
(Cambridge University Press, 2016-12)
The highly fossiliferous Eocene deposits of the Antarctic Peninsula are among the most productive sites for fossil remains in the Southern Hemisphere and offer rare insights into high-latitude faunas during the Palaeogene. ...