Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, the best-preserved penguin skeleton from the Eocene-Oligocene of Antarctica: Taxonomic and evolutionary remarks

Geobios

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 77-85

  Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina ^a   Reguero, Marcelo ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Eocene; La Meseta Formation; Palaeeudyptes; Seymour Island; Sphenisciformes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOMETRY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CRINOIDEA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 84903817242     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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