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dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-06T17:44:25Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-06T17:44:25Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146951
dc.description.abstract The early explorer and scientist Otto Nordenskjöld, leader of the Swedish South Polar Expedition of 1901–1903, was the first to collect Antarctic penguin fossils. The site is situated in the northeastern region of Seymour Island and constitutes one of the most important localities in the study of fossilised penguins. The task of describing these specimens together with fossilised whale remains was given to Professor Carl Wiman (1867–1944) at Uppsala University, Sweden. Although the paradigm for the systematic study of penguins has changed considerably over recent years,Wiman’s contributions are still remarkable. His establishment of grouping by size as a basis for classification was a novel approach that allowed them to deal with an unexpectedly high morphological diversity and limited knowledge of penguin skeletal anatomy. In the past, it was useful to provide a basic framework for the group that today could be used as ‘taxon free’ categories. First, it was important to define new species, and then to establish a classification based on size and robustness. This laid the foundation for the first attempts to use morphometric parameters for the classification of isolated penguin bones. The Nordenskjöldmaterials constitute an invaluable collection for comparative purposes, and every year researchers from different countries visit this collection. en
dc.language en es
dc.title Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution en
dc.type Articulo es
sedici.identifier.other https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247417000249 es
sedici.identifier.issn 1475-3057 es
sedici.creator.person Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia es
sedici.creator.person Hagström, Jonas es
sedici.creator.person Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo es
sedici.creator.person Mörs, Thomas es
sedici.subject.materias Ciencias Naturales es
sedici.description.fulltext true es
mods.originInfo.place Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo es
sedici.subtype Articulo es
sedici.rights.license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
sedici.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
sedici.description.peerReview peer-review es
sedici.relation.journalTitle Polar Record es
sedici.relation.journalVolumeAndIssue vol. 53, no. 4 es


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