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    Paleoneurology of Lithornis

    Widrig, K.E., G. Navalón, and D.J. Field (2024) Paleoneurology of stem palaeognaths clarifies the plesiomorphic condition of the crown bird central nervous system Journal of Morphology 285: e21710 doi: 10.1002/jmor.21710 Lithornithidae, an assemblage of volant Palaeogene fossil birds, provide...
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    Validity of Miotadorna catrionae (response to Worthy et al., 2022)

    Tennyson, A.J.D., L. Greer, P. Lubbe, F.G. Marx, S. Giovanardi, and N.J. Rawlence (2024) A response to Worthy et al. 2022. A swan-sized fossil anatid (Aves: Anatidae) from the early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of New Zealand. Zootaxa, 5168 (1), 39–50 Zootaxa 5453: 127–128 doi...
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    Review of avialans from the Maastricht Formation

    Field, D.J., J. Benito, S. Werning, A. Chen, P.-C. Kuo, A. Crane, K.E. Widrig, D.T. Ksepka, and J.W.M. Jagt (2024) Remarkable insights into modern bird origins from the Maastrichtian type area (north-east Belgium, south-east Netherlands) Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 103: e15 doi...
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    New specimen of Palaeeudyptes

    Xia, B.-Y., J.-L. Pei, and Q.-G. Li (2024) A new penguin fossil from Seymour Island and reassessment of taxonomy and diversity of Eocene Antarctic penguins Palaeoworld (advance online publication) doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2024.04.007 Eocene penguins from Seymour Island play an important role in...
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    Late Pleistocene birds (and mammals) from the Kiliite Cave

    Boev, Z., N. Nedyalkov, D. Georgiev, and N. Spassov (2024) Late Pleistocene birds and mammals from the Kiliite Cave (central Stara Planina Mts – central North Bulgaria) Geologica Balcanica 53: 105–115 doi: 10.52321/GeolBalc.53.1.105 The studied fossil material of birds and mammals from a new...
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    Review of avialans from the Cretaceous of Antarctica

    Acosta Hospitaleche, C., F. Irazoqui, P. Bona, and A. Paulina-Carabajal (2024) Review of the Cretaceous avian diversity of Antarctica: a changing scenario for the evolution of early Neornithine birds Advances in Polar Science 35: 1–13 doi: 10.12429/j.advps.2023.0025 The worldwide record of...
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    Vertebral morphology of Annakacygna

    Matsuoka, H., R. Seoka, and Y. Hasegawa (2024) Reexamination of the prepelvic vertebrae found in the holotype of Annakacygna hajimei (Aves, Anseriformes, Cygnini) revealed the adaptive morphology of vertebral column linked to the mode of life of the "ultimate bird" Bulletin of Gunma Museum of...
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    Ardenna buchananbrowni sp. nov.

    Tennyson, A.J.D., R.B. Salvador, B.M. Tomotani, and F.G. Marx (2024) A new diving Pliocene Ardenna shearwater (Aves: Procellariidae) from New Zealand Taxonomy 4: 237–249 doi: 10.3390/taxonomy4020012 We report a new species of shearwater, Ardenna buchananbrowni sp. nov., from the Pliocene of New...
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    New specimen of Cuban macaw

    Zelenkov, N.V. (2024) Cuban macaw Ara tricolor in the Upper Pleistocene of western Cuba Doklady Biological Sciences (advance online publication) doi: 10.1134/S0012496624700947 The Cuban macaw Ara tricolor (Bechstein, 1811) is an extinct species of large parrots. Its historical distribution and...
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    Histochemical examination of Miocene ostrich eggshell

    Wu, Q., Y.-H. Pan, Z.-H. Li, Z.-H. Zhou, and A.M. Bailleul (2024) First histochemical examination of a Miocene ostrich eggshell with the oldest mineral-bound peptides Vertebrata Palasiatica (advance online publication) doi: 10.19615/j.cnki.2096-9899.240329 Because ancient proteins have a higher...
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    Avian foraging traces from the Tanjung Formation

    Zonneveld, J.P., Y. Zaim, Y. Rizal, A. Aswan, R.L. Ciochon, T. Smith, J. Head, P. Wilf, and J.L. Bloch (2024) Avian foraging on an intertidal mudflat succession in the Eocene Tanjung Formation, Asem Asem Basin, South Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo Palaios 39: 67–96 doi: 10.2110/palo.2023.004...
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    Eocypselus geminus sp. nov., Eocypselus grandissimus sp. nov, and Eocypselus paulomajor sp. nov.

    Mayr, G. and A.C. Kitchener (2024) New fossils of Eocypselus and Primapus from the British London Clay reveal a high taxonomic and ecological diversity of early Eocene swift-like apodiform birds Ibis (advance online publication) doi: 10.1111/ibi.13323 We describe new specimens and species of...
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    Ontogeny of limb bone microstructure in king penguins with implications for penguin paleobiology

    Canoville, A., J.-P. Robin, and V. de Buffrénil (2024) Ontogenetic development of limb bone microstructure in the king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (Miller, 1778), with considerations for palaeoecological inferences in Sphenisciformes Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (advance online...
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    Zhuchengornipes inquisitus ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov.

    Zhang, Y., Y. Sun, J. Chen, W. Cui, S. Chen, and Z. Wang (2024) A new avian footprint from the Lower Cretaceous in Zhucheng, Shandong Province Geological Review 70: 2024010011 doi: 10.16509/j.georeview.2024.01.022 There is a complete avian footprint (ZDRC. F3) preserved in the Lower Cretaceous...
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    Evolution of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans

    Wu, Q., J.K. O’Connor, S. Wang, and Z. Zhou (2024) Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint PeerJ 12: e16960 doi: 10.7717/peerj.16960 Important transformations of the pectoral girdle are related to the...
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    Cranial adaptation in foot-propelled diving birds

    A primarily neontological study that also discusses Hesperornis. Pecsics, T. and T. Csörgő (2023) Aspects of cranial adaptation in foot-propelled diving birds—foraging and visual fields of some piscivorous species Ornis Hungarica 31: 110–124 doi: 10.2478/orhu-2023-0023 The adaptation to an...
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    Characterization of recent bird extinctions in Australia

    Woinarski, J.C.Z., S.M. Legge, and S.T. Garnett (2024) Extinct Australian birds: numbers, characteristics, lessons and prospects Emu 124: 8–20 doi: 10.1080/01584197.2023.2240345 Since European colonisation of Australia in 1788, nine Australian bird species (1.2% of the Australian total) have...
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    Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers in pennaraptorans

    Kiat, Y. and J.K. O'Connor (2024) Functional constraints on the number and shape of flight feathers PNAS 121: e2306639121 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2306639121 As a fundamental ecological aspect of most organisms, locomotor function significantly constrains morphology. At the same time, the evolution...
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    Cariamiforms from the Submeseta Formation

    Acosta Hospitaleche, C. and W. Jones (2024) Were terror birds the apex continental predators of Antarctica? New findings in the early Eocene of Seymour Island Palaeontologia Electronica 27: 13 doi: 10.26879/1340 Two ungual phalanges attributed to large birds were collected in the Ypresian...
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    Titanoperdix felixi gen. et sp. nov, Sibirionetta formozovi sp. nov., and Porzana payevskyi sp. nov.

    Zelenkov, N., E. Palastrova, N. Martynovich, A. Klementiev, A. Sizov, and N. Volkova (2023) A tiny duck (Sibirionetta formozovi sp. nov.), a giant grey partridge (Titanoperdix felixi gen. et sp. nov.), a new rail (Porzana payevskyi sp. nov.), and other birds from the Early Pleistocene of...
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    Functional imaging of the pigeon brain with implications for the evolution of avian flight

    Balanoff, A., E. Ferrer, L. Saleh, P.M. Gignac, M.E.L. Gold, J. Marugán-Lobón, M. Norell, D. Ouellette, M. Salerno, A. Watanabe, S. Wei, G. Bever, and P. Vaska (2024) Quantitative functional imaging of the pigeon brain: implications for the evolution of avian powered flight Proceedings of the...
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    Growth of pelagornithids

    Dobrovolsky, S. and L. Gorobets (2023) Growth duration, life history and ecological traits of bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes): implications from bone histology Geo & Bio 24: 141–158 doi: 10.53452/gb2409 Bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes), an order of seabirds that existed...
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    Review of avialans from the Cretaceous of China

    Zhou, Z. and M. Wang (2024) Cretaceous fossil birds from China Geological Society, London, Special Publications (advance online publication) doi: 10.1144/SP544-2023-129 The explosive radiation of early birds has been well documented by the extraordinary discoveries of the Early Cretaceous...
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    Timing of moa extinction

    Foxon, F. (2024) The Moa the merrier: resolving when the Dinornithiformes went extinct Belgian Journal of Zoology 154: 1–9 doi: 10.26496/bjz.2024.114 The Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) are an extinct group of the ratite clade from New Zealand. The overkill hypothesis asserts that the first New...
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    Buttonquail from the Pleistocene of Crimea

    Zelenkov, N.V. (2024) Unexpected find of a buttonquail (Aves: Charadriiformes: Turnicidae) in the Lower Pleistocene of Crimea Doklady Biological Sciences (advance online publication) doi: 10.1134/S0012496623600148 Buttonquails (family Turnicidae of the order Charadriiformes) are a...
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