- Tytuł:
- The oldest fossil record of the extant penguin genus Spheniscus - a new species from the Miocene of Peru
- Autorzy:
- Gohlich, U B
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/23300.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2007
- Wydawca:
- Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Paleobiologii PAN
- Tematy:
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penguin
fossil record
Peru
Miocene
Spheniscidae
new species
Pisco Formation
Spheniscus muizoni
paleontology - Opis:
- Described here is a partial postcranial skeleton and additional disarticulated but associated bones of the new fossil penguin Spheniscus muizonisp. nov. from the latest middle/earliest late Miocene (11–13 Ma) locality of Cerro la Bruja in the Pisco Formation, Peru. This fossil species can be attributed to the extant genus Spheniscus by postcranial morphology and is the oldest known record of this genus. Spheniscus muizonisp. nov. is about the size of the extant Jackass and Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus demersus and Spheniscus magellanicus). Beside Spheniscus urbinai and Spheniscus megaramphus it is the third species of Spheniscus represented in the Pisco Formation. This study contains morphological comparisons with Tertiary penguins of South America and with most of the extant penguin species.
- Źródło:
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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 2007, 52, 2
0567-7920 - Pojawia się w:
- Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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