Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution

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 fo...

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Autores principales: Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia, Hagström, Jonas, Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Mörs, Thomas
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Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/146951
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Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
Hagström, Jonas
Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
Mörs, Thomas
Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
description 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.
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author Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
Hagström, Jonas
Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
Mörs, Thomas
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Hagström, Jonas
Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
Mörs, Thomas
author_sort Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina Ileana Alicia
title Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution
title_short Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution
title_full Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution
title_fullStr Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution
title_full_unstemmed Historical perspective of Otto Nordenskjöld’s Antarctic penguin fossil collection and Carl Wiman’s contribution
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