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First articulated skeleton of Palaeeudyptes gunnari from the late Eocene of Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2010

Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche  and
Marcelo Reguero
Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche*
Affiliation:
División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, CONICET, Argentina
Marcelo Reguero
Affiliation:
División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, CONICET, Argentina
*
*acostacaro@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
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Abstract

The first articulated skeleton of a penguin from the late Eocene of Antarctica is described. MLP 96-I-6-13 comes from the upper Submeseta Allomember (La Meseta Formation) of Isla Marambio (locality DPV 10/84). The significance of this finding in the context of the Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi biozone is discussed. An osteologic description of the recovered elements and a brief discussion of its systematic determination are provided. MLP 96-I-6-13 is the first articulated skeleton with sure specific assignment to Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman, 1905), a species previously known only through isolated tarsometatarsi and included in the groups of Wiman.

Keywords

Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi biozonefossil penguinPalaeogeneSpheniscidae
Type
Earth Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 289 - 298
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2010

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