Multiple cenozoic invasions of Africa by penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1730, 2012, Pages 1027-1032

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b   Thomas, Daniel B ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fossil; Phylogeny; Pliocene; South Atlantic Gyre

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANCESTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BREEDING POPULATION; CENOZOIC; COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GYRE; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEABIRD; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84863393670     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1592     Document Type: Article

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