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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Main Authors: Acosta Hospitaleche,Carolina, Griffin,Miguel, Asensio,Marcos, Cione,Alberto Luis, Tambussi,Claudia
Language:English
Published: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2013
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062013000300005
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