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G. Mayr, AuteurPresented here is a record of a piciform bird from a late Oligocene fissure filling from Germany. This is the earliest known fossil record of a modern-type piciform bird and the only one from deposits earlier than Miocene. The specimen, an isola[...]
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G. Mayr, AuteurA new species and genus of mousebird (Coliiformes: Coliidae) from the Oligocene (Rupelian) of Frauenweiler near Wiesloch (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) is described. Oligocolius brevitarsus n. gen. n. sp. is the first Oligocene mousebird and one o[...]
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G. Mayr, AuteurTwo new specimens of the fossil stem group galliform Paraortygoides messelensis Mayr 2000 (Gallinuloididae) are described from the Middle Eocene of Messel in Germany, including a complete skeleton in which the hitherto unknown skull of this spec[...]
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G. Mayr, AuteurThe first phylogenetic analysis of osteological characters in the Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies) provides strong evidence that this order is paraphyletic. Well supported is monophyly of a clade comprising Caprimulgidae, Nyctibiidae, Aeg[...]
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G. Mayr, AuteurA partial skeleton of a new fossil loon (Aves, Gaviiformes), ?Colymboides metzleri n.sp., is described from the early Oligocene (Rupelian) of Frauenweiler in Germany. The new species resembles the early Miocene species Colymboides minutus in siz[...]
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G. Mayr, AuteurThe phylogenetic affinities between the shoebill (Balaenicipitidae) and pelecaniform and ciconiiform birds are analysed. A cladistic analysis of
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G. Mayr, AuteurThe phylogenetic relationships of the early Tertiary Primoscenidae and Sylphornithidae are, for the first time, evaluated in a cladistic context. Both taxa include small arboreal birds with a permanently (Primoscenidae) or facultatively (Sylphor[...]
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G. Mayr, AuteurAlthough trogons (Aves, Trogonidae) are well characterized by the possession of heterodactyl feet, their phylogenetic relationships to other extant birds still are only poorly understood. Molecular studies did not show conclusive results and the[...]
