Redescription of Crossvallia unienwillia: The only Paleocene Antarctic penguin

Ameghiniana

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 545-553

  Jadwiszczak, Piotr ^a   Hospitaleche, Carolina Acosta ^b   Reguero, Marcelo ^b  

^a Instytut Biologii   (Poland)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cross valley formation; Crossvallia unienwillia; Early paleogene; Limb bones; Marambio (seymour) island; Thoracic vertebra

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; ISLAND; LIMB; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

INDIANA; SEYMOUR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896848208     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: 18518044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5710/AMGH.09.10.2013.1058     Document Type: Article

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