Systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary history of fossil and extant penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes)
The excellent penguin fossil record is temporally long, among the oldest of modern birds, and contains fossils on every Gondwanan continent except India. However, most of fifty-nine named taxa are isolated skeletal elements, many of which are noncomparable. Fossil diversity is highest in New Zealand...
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3781 |