Abstract Ostriches (Struthionidae) are iconic Old-World giant flightless birds. The two living
African species represent only a small part of ancient struthionid diversity, which comprises …

A complete taxonomic review of Neogene birds of continental Asia is provided. To date,
avifauna from the latter half of the Miocene and Pliocene of Central Asia (Mongolia and …

Histological structure of long bones from bony-toothed birds (Odontopterygiformes) from
Early Lutetian locality Ikove (Ukraine) is examined for the first time. Six limb bones from …

We describe a partial skull of a very large crane from the early late Miocene (Tortonian)
hominid locality Hammerschmiede in southern Germany, which is the oldest fossil record of …

Presbyornithids were the dominant birds in Palaeogene lacustrine assemblages, especially
in the Northern Hemisphere, but are thought to have disappeared worldwide by the mid …

Giant birds, comparable in size to elephant birds and moa, have never been reported from
Europe. Here, we describe a femur from the lower Pleistocene of the north Black Sea area …

We describe leg bones of a larger-sized representative of the Anatidae from the Tortonian of
the Hammerschmiede clay pit in southwestern Germany. Allgoviachen tortonica, n. gen. et …

An analysis of the Eurasian Cenozoic (late Eocene-Neogene) fossil record of anatids
(Anatidae sl; including Romainvilliinae and Dendrocygninae) is presented. The evolutionary …

Remains of the stem anseriforms Presbyornithidae dominate among the avian material from
the Tsagaan-Khushu locality in southern Mongolia (Naran-Bulak Formation; upper …

A revision of small ducks (the size of the modern teal Anas crecca or smaller) from the
middle Miocene of France (Sansan locality) and Mongolia (Sharga locality) clarified the …