Osteology of Icadyptes salasi, a giant penguin from the Eocene of Peru

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-147

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a   Clarke, Julia A ^a,b   Devries, Thomas J ^c   Urbina, Mario ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Alula; Body size; Fossil; Palaeontology; Pisco Basin; Spheniscidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE STRUCTURE; CARPAL BONE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; HUMERUS; ICADYPTES SALASI; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PENGUIN; PERU; PHALANX; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SCAPULA; SESAMOID BONE; SKULL; TAXONOMY; ULNA; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BONE AND BONES; BONES OF UPPER EXTREMITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PERU; SKULL; SPHENISCIDAE;

DIOMEDEIDAE; FREGATIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; SULIDAE;

EID: 48449104922     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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