At the root of the early penguin neck: a study of the only two cervicodorsal spines recovered from the Eocene of Antarctica

The spinal column of early Antarctic penguins is poorly known, mainly due to the scarcity of articulated vertebrae in the fossil record. One of the most interesting segments of this part of the skeleton is the transitional series located at the root of the neck. Here, two such cervicodorsal series,...

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Main Author: Piotr Jadwiszczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2014-11-01
Series:Polar Research
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Online Access:http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/download/23861/pdf_1