- Tytuł:
- Aspects of diversity in early Antarctic penguins
- Autorzy:
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Jadwiszczak, P.
Mors, T. - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/21766.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2011
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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diversity
Antarctic
penguin
Aves
bird
Sphenisciformes
systematics
sexual dimorphism
body mass
Eocene
Antarctic Peninsula
paleontology
bone
La Meseta Formation
Seymour Island
animal species - Opis:
- Penguin bones from the Eocene La Meseta Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula) constitute the only extensive fossil record of Antarctic Sphenisciformes. Here, we synonymize some of the recognized genera (Anthropornis with Orthopteryx, Delphinornis with Ichtyopteryx) and species (Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi with Orthopteryx gigas, Delphinornis gracilis with Ichtyopteryx gracilis). Moreover, we suggest that Antarctic species of Anthropornis and Palaeeudyptes, so−called giant penguins, may in fact comprise only one species each instead of two, based on evidence of well−marked sexual dimorphism. We also present new estimates of body mass based on femora testifying to the impressive scope of interspecific body−size variation in Eocene Antarctic penguins.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2011, 56, 2
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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