Enigmatic morphological disparity in tarsometatarsi of giant penguins from the Eocene of Antarctica

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-180

  Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina ^a   Jadwiszczak, Piotr ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctic peninsula; Anthropornis; Eocene la meseta formation; Penguins; Tarsometatarsi

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; HETEROGENEITY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOGENE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 79958863745     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-011-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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