Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian cordillera

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Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia; Griffin, Miguel; Asensio, Marcos; Cione, Alberto Luis; Tambussi, Claudia Patricia
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2013
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Middle Cenozoic 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.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian cordillera
Restos de pingüinos del Cenozoico medio de la cordillera patagónica
title Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian cordillera
spellingShingle Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian cordillera
Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
Ciencias Naturales
Miocene
Oligocene
Patagonia
South America
Spheniscidae
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
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
Griffin, Miguel
Asensio, Marcos
Cione, Alberto Luis
Tambussi, Claudia Patricia
author Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
author_facet Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
Griffin, Miguel
Asensio, Marcos
Cione, Alberto Luis
Tambussi, Claudia Patricia
author_role author
author2 Griffin, Miguel
Asensio, Marcos
Cione, Alberto Luis
Tambussi, Claudia Patricia
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Naturales
Miocene
Oligocene
Patagonia
South America
Spheniscidae
topic Ciencias Naturales
Miocene
Oligocene
Patagonia
South America
Spheniscidae
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Middle Cenozoic 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.
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
description Middle Cenozoic 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.
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