Monophyletic groups within 'higher land birds' - comparison of morphological and molecular data
- G. Mayr, A. Manegold, U. Johansson
- Biology
- 1 November 2003
All three analyses support the hitherto disputed sister group relationship between Pici (Ramphastidae, Indicatoridae and Picidae) and Galbulae (Galbulidae and Bucconidae).
The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany
- G. Mayr, A. Manegold
- Geography, Environmental ScienceDie Naturwissenschaften
- 6 March 2004
The Frauenweiler songbird most notably differs from extant Passeriformes in having a larger processus procoracoideus on the coracoid and appears to be outside Eupasseres, which shows that there were earlier dispersal events of non-oscine songbirds into Europe before the arrival of Oscines from the Australian continental plate towards the late Oligocene.
A SMALL SUBOSCINE-LIKE PASSERIFORM BIRD FROM THE EARLY OLIGOCENE OF FRANCE
- G. Mayr, A. Manegold
- Geography, Biology
- 1 August 2006
The wing bones of a small passeriform bird from the early Oligocene of France are reported, which are among the earliest fossil remains of Passeriformes in Europe and indicates that nonoscine passerines colonized Europe before the arrival of oscines.
Passerine diversity in the late Oligocene of Germany: earliest evidence for the sympatric coexistence of Suboscines and Oscines
- A. Manegold
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 4 February 2008
Finds in Germany reduce a major gap in the passerine fossil record and allow new insights into the composition and natural history of ancient avifaunas.
New specimens of the earliest European passeriform bird
- G. Mayr, A. Manegold
- Biology, Geography
- 2006
Wieslochia weissi differs from the stem species pattern hypothesized for Eupasseres in the mor− phology of the distal carpometacarpus, the absence of a hooked processus acrocoracoideus (coracoid), and the presence of furrows instead of certain canals on the hypotarsus but these similarities may be plesiomorphic for Passeriformes.
Earliest fossil record of the Certhioidea (treecreepers and allies) from the early Miocene of Germany
- A. Manegold
- Biology, GeographyJournal of Ornithology
- 1 April 2008
The fossil specimen represents the so far earliest evidence of a representative of the Certhioidea and is described as †Certhiops rummeli gen. et sp.
MIOCENE SONGBIRDS AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PASSERIFORM AVIFAUNA
- A. Manegold, G. Mayr, C. Mourer-Chauviré
- Geography, Environmental Science
- 1 October 2004
Examination of fossil songbirds from three middle Miocene localities in Germany and France shows that many lack the derived morphology of the hypotarsus that characterizes extant Eupasseres, which indicates the presence of an ancient songbird avifauna in the Miocene of Europe.
The Early Pliocene avifauna of Langebaanweg (South Africa): a review and update
- U. Göhlich, A. Kroh, Sektion Ornithologie
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 10 December 2013
An overview of the famous but still insufficiently known early Pliocene avifauna of the Varswater Formation at Langebaanweg (South Africa) is provided, revealing the co-existence of two distinct terrestrial habitats.
A new species of woodpecker (Aves; Picidae) from the early Miocene of Saulcet (Allier, France)
- V. L. Pietri, A. Manegold, L. Costeur, G. Mayr
- Biology
- 15 July 2011
A new genus and species of woodpecker, Piculoides saulcetensis, is described from the early Miocene of Saulcet, in the “Saint-Gérand-le-Puy” area, central France, which is the earliest definite record of the family.
The systematic position of Hemicircus and the stepwise evolution of adaptations for drilling, tapping and climbing up in true woodpeckers (Picinae, Picidae)
- A. Manegold, T. Töpfer
- Biology
- 1 February 2013
The cladistic analysis of 69 morphological and behavioural characters supports the recent DNA sequence–based hypothesis that Hemicircus forms the sister group of all the remaining true woodpeckers…
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