List of works - Gerald Mayr

Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils

scientific article

The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe.

scientific article published in November 2005

Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)

scientific article

Structural coloration in a fossil feather

scientific article

Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus

scientific article

A well-preserved Archaeopteryx specimen with theropod features

scientific article

The tenth skeletal specimen of Archaeopteryx

scientific article published in 2007

Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds

scientific article

3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur

scientific article

The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany

article

The phylogeny of charadriiform birds (shorebirds and allies) - reassessing the conflict between morphology and molecules

scholarly article by Gerald Mayr published 12 January 2011 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies)

article

Osteology of a new giant bony-toothed bird from the Miocene of Chile, with a revision of the taxonomy of Neogene Pelagornithidae

article

The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance – molecular calibrations versus the fossil record

scientific article published in 2013

Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxonzygodactylusbased on new material from the early oligocene of France

article

Parrot interrelationships—morphology and the new molecular phylogenies

scholarly article by Gerald Mayr published December 2010 in Emu

Tertiary plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) and a novel hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of penguins (Spheniscidae)

scholarly article by Gerald Mayr published February 2005 in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Morphological evidence for sister group relationship between flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae)

scientific article (publication date: February 2004)

Ducks, rails, and limicoline waders (Aves: Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes) from the lowermost Oligocene of Belgium

article

Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and Its Paleobiological Significance

A revision of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes) from the early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France)

article

Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

TINY HOOPOE-LIKE BIRDS FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE OF MESSEL (GERMANY)

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 2000

MIOCENE SONGBIRDS AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PASSERIFORM AVIFAUNA

scholarly article published in The Auk, January 2004

A reassessment of Eocene parrotlike fossils indicates a previously undetected radiation of zygodactyl stem group representatives of passerines (Passeriformes)

scientific article published in 2015

Did parrots exist in the Cretaceous period?

scientific article published in Nature

Eocene parrots from Messel (Hessen, Germany) and the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, England)

article

A partial skeleton of a new fossil loon (Aves, Gaviiformes) from the early Oligocene of Germany with preserved stomach content

article

A SMALL SUBOSCINE-LIKE PASSERIFORM BIRD FROM THE EARLY OLIGOCENE OF FRANCE

scholarly article published in The Condor in January 2006

Charadriiform birds from the early Oligocene of Céreste (France) and the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)

article

Caprimulgiform birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)

article

The early Eocene birds of the Messel fossil site: a 48 million‐year‐old bird community adds a temporal perspective to the evolution of tropical avifaunas

scientific article published on April 8, 2016

A new genus and species of Pelagornithidae with well-preserved pseudodentition and further avian remains from the middle Eocene of the Ukraine

article by Gerald Mayr & Evgenij Zvonok published 26 June 2012 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Structure and homology ofPsittacosaurustail bristles

article

A New Trogon from the Middle Oligocene of Céreste, France

article

Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic ‘caprimulgiform’ birds (nightjars and allies)

scientific article published in May 2010

The Palaeogene Old World potooParapreficaMayr, 1999 (Aves, Nyctibiidae): Its osteology and affinities to the New World Preficinae Olson, 1987

A new raptor-like bird from the Lower Eocene of North America and Europe

A SMALL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PHALACROCORACOIDEA (CORMORANTS AND ANHINGAS) FROM THE LATE OLIGOCENE OF GERMANY

scientific article (publication date: 2007)

Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle EoceneMesselastursubstantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes)

article published in 2011

First diagnosable non-sphenisciform bird from the early Paleocene of New Zealand

article

The birds from the Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck (Germany)

article

A new basal galliform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)

article

A new family of Eocene zygodactyl birds

A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France

scientific article

Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric hoatzin fossils substantiate Old World origin of a "Neotropic endemic".

scientific article

Phylogenetic interrelationships of living and extinct Tinamidae, volant palaeognathous birds from the New World

scholarly article by Sara Bertelli et al published 4 August 2014 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Osteology and systematic position of the eocene primobucconidae (aves, coraciiformessensu stricto), with first records from Europe

scientific article published in January 2004

New trogons from the early Tertiary of Germany

article

List of works by Gerald Mayr

Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils

The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe.

Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)

Structural coloration in a fossil feather

Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus

A well-preserved Archaeopteryx specimen with theropod features

The tenth skeletal specimen of Archaeopteryx

Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds

3D Camouflage in an Ornithischian Dinosaur

The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany

The phylogeny of charadriiform birds (shorebirds and allies) - reassessing the conflict between morphology and molecules

Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies)

Osteology of a new giant bony-toothed bird from the Miocene of Chile, with a revision of the taxonomy of Neogene Pelagornithidae

The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance – molecular calibrations versus the fossil record

Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxonzygodactylusbased on new material from the early oligocene of France

Parrot interrelationships—morphology and the new molecular phylogenies

Tertiary plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) and a novel hypothesis on the phylogenetic relationships of penguins (Spheniscidae)

Morphological evidence for sister group relationship between flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae) and grebes (Podicipedidae)

Ducks, rails, and limicoline waders (Aves: Anseriformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes) from the lowermost Oligocene of Belgium

Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and Its Paleobiological Significance

A revision of the Lari (Aves, Charadriiformes) from the early Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France)

Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird

Eocene fossil is earliest evidence of flower-visiting by birds

TINY HOOPOE-LIKE BIRDS FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE OF MESSEL (GERMANY)

MIOCENE SONGBIRDS AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PASSERIFORM AVIFAUNA

A reassessment of Eocene parrotlike fossils indicates a previously undetected radiation of zygodactyl stem group representatives of passerines (Passeriformes)

Did parrots exist in the Cretaceous period?

Eocene parrots from Messel (Hessen, Germany) and the London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, England)

A partial skeleton of a new fossil loon (Aves, Gaviiformes) from the early Oligocene of Germany with preserved stomach content

A SMALL SUBOSCINE-LIKE PASSERIFORM BIRD FROM THE EARLY OLIGOCENE OF FRANCE

Charadriiform birds from the early Oligocene of Céreste (France) and the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)

Caprimulgiform birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)

The early Eocene birds of the Messel fossil site: a 48 million‐year‐old bird community adds a temporal perspective to the evolution of tropical avifaunas

A new genus and species of Pelagornithidae with well-preserved pseudodentition and further avian remains from the middle Eocene of the Ukraine

Structure and homology ofPsittacosaurustail bristles

A New Trogon from the Middle Oligocene of Céreste, France

Phylogenetic relationships of the paraphyletic ‘caprimulgiform’ birds (nightjars and allies)

The Palaeogene Old World potooParapreficaMayr, 1999 (Aves, Nyctibiidae): Its osteology and affinities to the New World Preficinae Olson, 1987

A new raptor-like bird from the Lower Eocene of North America and Europe

A SMALL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PHALACROCORACOIDEA (CORMORANTS AND ANHINGAS) FROM THE LATE OLIGOCENE OF GERMANY

Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle EoceneMesselastursubstantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes)

First diagnosable non-sphenisciform bird from the early Paleocene of New Zealand

The birds from the Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck (Germany)

A new basal galliform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)

A new family of Eocene zygodactyl birds

A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France

Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric hoatzin fossils substantiate Old World origin of a "Neotropic endemic".

Phylogenetic interrelationships of living and extinct Tinamidae, volant palaeognathous birds from the New World

Osteology and systematic position of the eocene primobucconidae (aves, coraciiformessensu stricto), with first records from Europe

New trogons from the early Tertiary of Germany