Evolution of bird communities in the Neogene of Central Asia, with a review of the Neogene fossil record of Asian birds

NV Zelenkov - Paleontological Journal, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Pleistocene footprints show intensive use of lake margin habitats by Homo erectus groups

NT Roach, KG Hatala, KR Ostrofsky, B Villmoare… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Reconstructing hominin paleoecology is critical for understanding our ancestors' diets,
social organizations and interactions with other animals. Most paleoecological models lack …

The paleoecology of Pleistocene birds from Middle Bed II, at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and the environmental context of the Oldowan-Acheulean transition

KA Prassack, MC Pante, JK Njau… - Journal of Human …, 2018 - Elsevier
Fossil bird data (community composition and taphonomic profiles) are used here to infer the
environmental context of the Oldowan-Acheulean transitional period at Olduvai Gorge …

[PDF][PDF] The upper Pliocene avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and biogeography

C Mourer-Chauviré, D Geraads - Records of the Australian …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The locality of Ahl al Oughlam, situated at the southeastern limit of the city of Casablanca
(Morocco) at about 34 north, is dated by the biochronology of its rich mammalian fauna to …

Preliminary paleoecological insights from the Pliocene avifauna of Kanapoi, Kenya: Implications for the ecology of Australopithecus anamensis

DJ Field - Journal of human evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
Fossil bird remains from the Pliocene hominin-bearing locality of Kanapoi comprise> 100
elements representing at least 10 avian families, including previously undescribed elements …

A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia)

HJM Meijer, RA Due - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Fossils of the genus Leptoptilos from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia,
belong to a new species of giant marabou stork, Leptoptilos robustus sp. nov. This giant bird …

[PDF][PDF] Fossil birds from the late Miocene of Chad and Ethiopia and zoogeographical implications

A Louchart, Y Haile-Selassie, P Vignaud, A Likius… - Oryctos, 2008 - academia.edu
Since a review of the Tertiary birds of Africa 30 years ago by Rich (1974), a great wealth of
new data and new interpretations have augmented this fossil record, hitherto still relatively …

The discovery of Wupus agilis in South Korea and a new quantitative analysis of intermediate ichnospecies between non-avian theropods and birds

SY Hong, YN Lee, DY Kong, SH Jung - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, Wupus agilis-like footprint (NHCG a10955) was discovered in South Korea.
Morphological comparison with Wupus agilis showed that NHCG a10955 could be assigned …

[PDF][PDF] New finds and revised taxa of Early Pliocene birds from Western Mongolia

NV ZELENkoV - Paleornithological research, 2013 - academia.edu
The Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Hyargas-Nuur formation in Western Mongolia yielded a
rich fauna of birds which contributes significantly to our knowledge of the Neogene avian …

The avian fossil record in Insular Southeast Asia and its implications for avian biogeography and palaeoecology

HJM Meijer - PeerJ, 2014 - peerj.com
Excavations and studies of existing collections during the last decades have significantly
increased the abundance as well as the diversity of the avian fossil record for Insular …