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A Paleocene penguin from New Zealand substantiates multiple origins of gigantism in fossil Sphenisciformes
One of the notable features of penguin evolution is the occurrence of very large species in the early Cenozoic, whose body size greatly exceeded that of the largest extant penguins. Here we describe a new giant species from the late Paleocene of New Zealand that documents the very early evolution of...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727159/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29233963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01959-6 |