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Multiple exceptionally preserved fossils from the Paleocene Waipara Greensand inform the diversity of the oldest stem group Sphenisciformes and the formation of their diving adaptations

Year: 2025

Type: article

Source: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf080

Authors: Gerald Mayr, Vanesa L De Pietri, James Proffitt, Jacob C Blokland, Julia A Clarke, Leigh Love, Al A Mannering, Erica M Crouch, Catherine Reid, R Paul Scofield

Institutions: Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M, University of Canterbury, University of Arizona, Flinders University, The University of Texas at Austin, Canterbury Museum, GNS Science

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: closed

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: Collaborative Research: Wings to Flippers-Phylogenetics, Character Acquisition, and Feather Biomechanics in the Evolution of Wing-Propelled Diving

OpenAlex ID: W4413185379

FWCI: 3.603

Cites: 84

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10