Partial limb skeleton of a "giant penguin" Anthropornis from the Eocene of Antarctic Peninsula

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-274

  Jadwiszczak, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Anthropornis; Eocene La Meseta Formation; Hind limb; Seymour Island; Sphenisciformes; Wing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEABIRD; SKELETON; WING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 84872257544     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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