The coracoids in functional and morphological studies of penguins (aves, spheniscidae) of the eocene of Antarctica

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-34

  Hospitaleche, Carolina Acosta ^a,b   Di Carlo, Ulises ^c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Instituto Superior Juan N Terrero   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diving mechanics; Eocene; Fossil penguins; Functional morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EOCENE; FLIGHTLESSNESS; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEOGENE; OSTEOLOGY; PLATEAU; SEABIRD; SKELETON; SLOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952407958     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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