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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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Autores principales: Mayr, Gerald, Scofield, R. Paul, De Pietri, Vanesa L., Tennyson, Alan J. D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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