Crossvallia unienwillia, a new Spheniscidae (Sphenisciformes, Aves) from the late Paleocene of Antarctica

Geobios

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-675

  Tambussi, Claudia P ^a,b   Reguero, Marcelo A ^a,b   Marenssi, Sergio A ^b,c   Santillana, Sergio N ^c  

^a MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Paleoenvironment; Penguin size evolution; Spheniscids

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEW TAXON; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 27844568912     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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