Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera

Middle Cenozolc marine fossil-bearing beds crop out in the Cerro Plataforma (western Chubut Province. Argentina) at about 1,400 m a.s.l. They are located 500 km far from the modern Atlantic coast and only 50 km from the Pacific Ocean. Well preserved penguin bones and a shark tooth were found therein...

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Autores principales:	Acosta Hospitaleche,Carolina, Griffin,Miguel, Asensio,Marcos, Cione,Alberto Luis, Tambussi,Claudia
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2013
Materias:	Spheniscidae Miocene Oligocene Patagonia South America
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-710620130003000052014-03-03Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian CordilleraAcosta Hospitaleche,CarolinaGriffin,MiguelAsensio,MarcosCione,Alberto LuisTambussi,Claudia Spheniscidae Miocene Oligocene Patagonia South America Middle Cenozolc marine fossil-bearing beds crop out in the Cerro Plataforma (western Chubut Province. Argentina) at about 1,400 m a.s.l. They are located 500 km far from the modern Atlantic coast and only 50 km from the Pacific Ocean. Well preserved penguin bones and a shark tooth were found therein. Invertebrates include corals, bryozoans, abundant mollusks, echinoids, and crabs. Morphogeometric analysis and comparative description confirmed that the penguin humerus is referable to Palaeospheniscus bergi Moreno and Mercerat, 1891. Most of the fossils indicate a Miocene age. However, there is a debate about if the bearing beds are of Pacific or Atlantic origin. Fossil invertebrates identifiable at species level reveal Pacific affinity, the shark species is cosmopolitan, and Palaeospheniscus bergi is known from early Miocene Atlantic units of southern South America. Yet, Palaeospheniscus Moreno and Mercerat, 1891 is also known from Miocene Pacific beds but it has not been identified at specific level yet. This is the highest site in topographic terms in which penguin fossils occur. This indicates a remarkable uplift for the area, probably from the middle Miocene.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessServicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)Andean geology v.40 n.3 20132013-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062013000300005en
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language	English
topic	Spheniscidae Miocene Oligocene Patagonia South America
spellingShingle	Spheniscidae Miocene Oligocene Patagonia South America Acosta Hospitaleche,Carolina Griffin,Miguel Asensio,Marcos Cione,Alberto Luis Tambussi,Claudia Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera
description	Middle Cenozolc marine fossil-bearing beds crop out in the Cerro Plataforma (western Chubut Province. Argentina) at about 1,400 m a.s.l. They are located 500 km far from the modern Atlantic coast and only 50 km from the Pacific Ocean. Well preserved penguin bones and a shark tooth were found therein. Invertebrates include corals, bryozoans, abundant mollusks, echinoids, and crabs. Morphogeometric analysis and comparative description confirmed that the penguin humerus is referable to Palaeospheniscus bergi Moreno and Mercerat, 1891. Most of the fossils indicate a Miocene age. However, there is a debate about if the bearing beds are of Pacific or Atlantic origin. Fossil invertebrates identifiable at species level reveal Pacific affinity, the shark species is cosmopolitan, and Palaeospheniscus bergi is known from early Miocene Atlantic units of southern South America. Yet, Palaeospheniscus Moreno and Mercerat, 1891 is also known from Miocene Pacific beds but it has not been identified at specific level yet. This is the highest site in topographic terms in which penguin fossils occur. This indicates a remarkable uplift for the area, probably from the middle Miocene.
author	Acosta Hospitaleche,Carolina Griffin,Miguel Asensio,Marcos Cione,Alberto Luis Tambussi,Claudia
author_facet	Acosta Hospitaleche,Carolina Griffin,Miguel Asensio,Marcos Cione,Alberto Luis Tambussi,Claudia
author_sort	Acosta Hospitaleche,Carolina
title	Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera
title_short	Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera
title_full	Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera
title_fullStr	Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera
title_full_unstemmed	Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera
title_sort	middle cenozoic penguin remains from the patagonian cordillera
publisher	Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
publishDate	2013
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062013000300005
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Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera

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