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Description of the Earliest Fossil Penguin from South America and First Paleogene Vertebrate Locality of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina
(American Museum of Natural History, 2003-12)
We report the discovery of the first vertebrate from the Paleogene of Tierra del Fuego (Isla Grande), Argentina, in southernmost South America. The specimen consists of parts of an associated pelvic girdle and limb that ...
Re-evaluation of the fossil penguin Palaeeudyptes gunnari from the Eocene Leticia Formation, Argentina: additional material, systematics and palaeobiology
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-07)
Re-evaluation of the fossil penguin Palaeeudyptes gunnari from the Eocene Leticia Formation, Argentina: additional material, systematics and palaeobiology. Alcheringa 40, xx–xx. ISSN 0311-5518 Eocene penguins are known ...
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 ...
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, the best-preserved penguin skeleton from the Eocene-Oligocene of Antarctica: taxonomic and evolutionary remarks
(Elsevier Masson, 2014-05)
A new fossil penguin skeleton from the La Meseta Formation collected at the locality DPV 13/84 (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula) from the crinoid horizon located 40 m above the base of the 145 m-thick Submeseta Allomember ...
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 ...
Miocene Patagonian penguins: craniomandibular morphology and functional mechanics
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-01)
Fossil penguins (Aves, Spheniscidae) are widely recorded throughout the Southern Hemisphere and are especially well represented from the Eocene to present in Patagonia. There are currently three Miocene specimens that ...
Biodeterioration of Antarctic fossil penguin bones caused by lichens from the Eocene La Meseta Formation
(Springer, 2021-10)
A large part of the Antarctic surface is covered by lichens since they can withstand extreme environmental conditions. Lichens are primary colonizers and contribute to soil formation by deteriorating rocks through a ...
First penguin fossil (Aves, Spheniscidae) from Uruguay
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2019-12)
A fossil humerus coming from the Rocha Department coasts (Uruguay) is assigned here to Spheniscus cf. S. magellanicus (Aves, Sphenisciformes). This finding, located within the current migratory route of the species, ...