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2012
Journal article
Evolution of the brain and sensory organs in Sphenisciformes: new data from the stem penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus
Penguins have undergone dramatic changes associated with the evolution of underwater flight and subsequent loss of aerial flight, which are manifest and well documented in the musculoskeletal system and integument. Significant modification of neurosensory systems and endocranial spaces may also be expected along this locomotor transition. However, no investigations of...Ksepka, D T ; Balanoff, Amy M ; Walsh, Stig A ; Revan, A ; Ho, A
Spheniscidae, palaeoneurology, computed tomography, and neuroanatomy