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Crossvallia unienwillia
Taxonomy
Crossvallia unienwillia was named by Tambussi et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MLP 00-I-10-1, a set of postcrania (right humerus), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cross Valley, which is in a Paleocene marginal marine mudstone in the Cross Valley Formation of Antarctica.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Crossvallia unienwillia Tambussi et al. |
| 2007 | Crossvallia unienwillia Chavez p. 554 |
| 2013 | Crossvallia unienwillia Jadwiszczak et al. p. 547 |
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†Crossvallia unienwillia Tambussi et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| P. Jadwiszczak et al. 2013 | The following combination of characters is considered diagnostic for Crossvallia unienwillia. Humerus very large, clearly longer than its counterparts in Waimanu tu- atahi (Paleocene species), Perudyptes devriesi Clarke, Ksepka, Stucchi, Urbina, Giannini, Bertelli, Narváez and Boyd, 2007, Palaeeudyptes gunnari (Wiman, 1905) and Kaiika maxwelli Fordyce and Thomas, 2011 (Eocene taxa) (Fig. 7). Length to midshaft width ratio 7, i.e., bone more slender than humeri in Inkayacu paracasensis Clarke, Ksepka, Salas-Gismondi, Al- tamirano, Shawkey, D’Alba, Vinther, DeVries and Baby, 2010, Icadyptes salasi Clarke, Ksepka, Stucchi, Urbina, Giannini, Bertelli, Narváez and Boyd, 2007, Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi Wiman, 1905 and Pachydyptes ponderosus Oliver, 1930 (large- sized Eocene species, ratios below 6; Fig. 7). Tricipital fossa not bipartite (unlike in some small-sized Eocene Antarctic penguins; see Jadwiszczak, 2006b). Transverse ligamental furrow cranially as narrow shelf (broad shelf in K. maxwelli and P. devriesi)–due to relatively well pronounced ventral convexity of articular surface of humeral head (not marked in K. maxwelli). Insertion for m. supracoracoideus wide (narrow in K. maxwelli), not as elevated as that in W. tuatahi and its cranial margin oblique (unlike in W. tuatahi and K. maxwelli, I. paracasensis, I. salasi and P. gunnari). Conspicuous elongated pit located proximally to insertion for m. coracobrachialis cranialis (indicated by uppermost arrow on Figure 5.3; absent in K. maxwelli). Insertion for pectoral muscle (just distal to m. coracobrachialis cranialis) much wider than in W. tuatahi. Capsular groove situated more proximally relative to caudal portion of transverse groove than its counterparts in K. maxwelli, I. paracasensis and P. gunnari. Ulnar condyle not as ventral as in K. maxwelli. Ligamental pit on femoral head located medi- ally (proximally or medioproximally in large-sized penguins from the Eocene of Seymour Island [e.g., Figs. 6.3–6, 6.9], also in I. paracasensis [Clarke et al., 2010, fig. 1] and W. tu- atahi [Slack et al., 2006, fig. 1]). |