I just received the abstracts of the 9th SAPE meeting
The topics are:
FOSSIL PENGUIN SKIN FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA (ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA, DE LOS REYES, MARTÍNI, REGUERO, MARCELO and SANTILLANA, SERGIO)
NEW ANHINGID (AVES, SULIFORMES) FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF RÍO NEGRO PROVINCE, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA (AGNOLÍN, FEDERICO, DIEDERLE, JUAN M. and NORIEGA, JORGE I.)
NEW CATHARTIDAE IN THE QUATERNARY OF THE PAMPEAN REGION (ARGENTINA). COMMENTS ON THE FOSSIL RECORD OF CONDORS (AGNOLIN, FEDERICO L., BRISSÓN EGLI, FEDERICO, BEILINSON, ELISA,
SOIBELZON, ESTEBAN, RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO5, IACONA, FACUNDO and SOIBELZON, LEOPOLDO H.)
ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE REVISED LOCOMOTION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN GIANT BIRDS: PARAPHYSORNIS AND BRONTORNIS (ANGST, DELPHINE & CHINSAMY-TURAN, ANUSUYA)
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE DODO FROM BONE HISTOLOGY (ANGST, DELPHINE, CHINSAMY, ANUSUYA1, STEEL, LORNA2 and HUME, JULIAN P.)
POST-HATCHING SKELETAL ONTOGENY OF THE CHUKAR PARTRIDGE (ALECTORIS CHUKAR): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF ONTOGENY IN THE FOSSIL RECORD (BARTA, DANIEL E. and HEERS, ASHLEY M.)
USING FOSSILS TO CALIBRATE TINAMOU PHYLOGENY: A PARSIMONY APPROACH (BERTELLI, SARA and MIRANDE, MARCOS)
AUGUSTE BRAVARD AND THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF GIANT FOSSIL BIRDS IN THE TERTIARY OF SOUTH AMERICA (BUFFETAUT, E.)
A BRONTORNITHID FROM THE DESEADAN (OLIGOCENE) OF BOLIVIA (BUFFETAUT, E.)
INSIGHTS INTO THE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF PSITTACIFORMES: SKELETOGENESIS AND SEQUENCE HETEROCHRONIES OF MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS (ARINI, PSITTACIDAE) (CARRIL, JULIETA and TAMBUSSI, CLAUDIA P.)
FIRST RECORDS OF TERATORNS (AVES, TERATORNITHIDAE) IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF SOUTH AMERICA (CENIZO, MARCOS, NORIEGA, JORGE, TOMASSINI, RODRIGO5, TASSARA, DANIEL)
BONE HISTOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE GIANT INSULAR EXTINCT BIRD, AEPYORNIS MAXIMUS. (CHINSAMY, ANUSUYA, ANGST, DELPHINE, CANOVILLE, AURORE AND GÖHLICH, URSULA, B.)
THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF CAYAOA BRUNETI (ANSERIFORMES, ANATIDAE), FLIGHT LOSS AND LARGE SIZE EVOLUTION IN COASTAL MARINE ANATIDAE (DE MENDOZA, RICARDO S. and TAMBUSSI, CLAUDIA P.)
OLIGO-MIOCENE AUSTRALASIAN SHOREBIRDS (CHARADRIIFORMES) (DE PIETRI, VANESA L., SCOFIELD, R. PAUL, TENNYSON, ALAN J.D and WORTHY, TREVOR, H)
BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE IN TERROR BIRDS´ (AVES, CARIAMIFORMES) JAW (DEGRANGE, FEDERICO J., TAMBUSSI, CLAUDIA P., WITMER, LAWRENCE M. and WROE, STEPHEN)
EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN TERROR BIRDS´ (AVES, CARIAMIFORMES) BRAIN ANATOMY (DEGRANGE, FEDERICO J., TAMBUSSI, CLAUDIA P., RIDGELY, RYAN, and WITMER, LAWRENCE M.)
ON THE SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF MEGANHINGA CHILENSIS ALVARENGA, 1995 (AVES, SULIFORMES) (DIEDERLE, JUAN M.)
BIRDS FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE OF TANDILIA EASTERN EDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES (BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA). (FERNÁNDEZ-OSUNA, M. ALEJANDRA, NORIEGA, JORGE I. and MAZZANTI, DIANA L)
POST-K/PG EXTINCTION LILLIPUT EFFECTS, AND THE AVIAN MOLECULAR CLOCK (FIELD, DANIEL J. and BERV, JACOB S.)
THE ALLEGED AUK PETRALCA IS A LOON (GÖHLICH, U.B., MAYR, G.)
A NEW PENGUIN BEAK (SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA: NEW INSIGHTS FOR MORPHOTYPES INTERPRETIONS (HAIDR, NADIA and ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA)
FOSSA TRICIPITALIS IN PENGUIN EVOLUTION (HAIDR, NADIA and ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, CAROLINA)
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE LATE MIOCENE MIHIRUNG DROMORNIS STIRTONI (AVES: DROMORNITHIDAE) FROM THE ALCOOTA LOCAL FAUNA OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (HANDLEY, WARREN D., CHINSAMY, ANUSUYA, YATES, ADAM M. and WORTHY, TREVOR H.)
A PALAEONTOLOGICAL SURVEY OF KING AND FLINDERS ISLANDS, BASS STRAIT, AUSTRALIA (HUME, J. P., STEEL, L., MIDDLETON, G. AND MEDLOCK, K.)
NEW EVIDENCES OF TERROR BIRDS (CARIAMAE, PHORUSRHACIDAE) FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE OF URUGUAY (JONES, WASHINGTON W., RINDERKNECHT, ANDRÉS, MONTENEGRO, FELIPE, ALVARENGA, HERCULANO and UBILLA, MARTÌN)
NEW INSIGHT INTO THE EVOLUTION OF PENGUINS (SPHENISCIFORMES) FROM FOSSIL AND MOLECULAR DATA (KSEPKA, DANIEL T.)
NEW SPECIES OF MICRORAPTOR GIVES A GLIMPSE ON THEIR ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION (LEFEVRE, ULYSSE, JIN, LIYONG, CHEN, JUN, GODEFROIT, PASCAL and LI, TAO)
OSTEOLOGY AND PHYLOGENETIC AFFINITIES OF THE MIDDLE EOCENE NORTH AMERICAN BATHORNIS GRALLATOR – ONE OF THE BEST REPRESENTED, ALBEIT LEAST KNOWN PALEOGENE CARIAMIFORM BIRDS (MAYR, GERALD)
NEW DATA ON STEM GROUP GALLIFORMES, PSITTACIFORMES, AND CHARADRIIFORMES BIRDS FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE OF NAMIBIA (MOURER-CHAUVIRÉ, CÉCILE, PICKFORD, MARTIN and SENUT, BRIGITTE)
DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION OF THE AVIAN PALATE REVISITED (NÚÑEZ-LEÓN, DANIEL, SMITH-PAREDES, DANIEL and VARGAS, ALEXANDER O.)
A REVIEW OF RECENT DISCOVERIES OF ORNITHOTHORACINES FROM THE CRETACEOUS OF CHINA (O‘CONNOR, JINGMAI, WANG, MIN, HU, HAN, WANG, WEI, and ZHOU, ZHONGHE)
PAEDOMORPHOSIS AND FORELIMB SIZE AT THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS (PALMA, JOSÉ and VARGAS, ALEXANDER O.)
A PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVE ON BIOME OCCUPATION BY BIRDS: GALLIFORMES AND FALCONIFORMES AS CONTRASTING CASES. (PELEGRIN, JONATHAN S., CANTALAPIEDRA, JUAN L. and HERNÁNDEZ
FERNÁNDEZ, MANUEL)
A GIANT CATHARTIDAE (AVES, CATHARTIFORMES) FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE OF URUGUAY. (RINDERKNECHT, ANDRÉS. JONES, WASHINGTON W., UBILLA, MARTÍN)
NEITHER GONDWANAN NOR ANCIENT? HOW ANCIENT DNA, MORPHOLOGY, AND THE FOSSIL RECORD ARE UNVEILING THE YOUTH OF MANY (BUT NOT ALL) ZEALANDIAN AVIAN LINEAGES. (SCOFIELD, R. PAUL, DE PIETRI, VANESA L. and WOOD, JAMIE R.)
PALEOATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS AND THE EVOLUTION OF AVIAN FLIGHT: EVIDENCE OR COINCIDENCE (SERRANO, FRANCISCO J., PALMQVIST, PAUL, SANZ, JOSÉ L., LONG, JOHN and CHIAPPE, LUIS M.)
AVIAN FOSSILS FROM THE EOCENE JEBEL QATRANI FORMATION OF EGYPT (SMITH, N. ADAM)
THE EVOLUTIONARY AND DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF THE AVIAN CIRCUMORBITAL BONES (SMITH-PAREDES, DANIEL, NUÑEZ-LEÓN, DANIEL, O‘CONNOR, JINGMAI and VARGAS, ALEXANDER O.)
CORRELATED CHARACTER EVOLUTION OF FORE- AND HIND LIMBS IN HESPERORNITHIFORMS, THE OLDEST DIVING BIRDS (TANAKA, TOMONORI, MASAYA, IIJIMA, KOBAYASHI, YOSHITSUGU and TOKARYK, TIMOTHY)
BIRD REMAINS FROM AN EARLY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE ON TUTILA ISLAND, SĀMOA (TENNYSON, ALAN J.D., RIETH, TIMOTHY M. and COCHRANE, ETHAN E.)
NEUROANATOMICAL EVOLUTION OF PALAEOGNATHS: INSIGHT FROM NEW CRANIAL ENDOCASTS OF ELEPHANT BIRDS (AEPYORNITHIFORMES) (TORRES, CHRISTOPHER R., VIOLA, PAUL, ELIASON, CHAD and CLARKE, JULIA A.)
THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE ON AVIAN DIGIT IDENTITY (VARGAS, ALEXANDER O., PALMA-LIBERONA, JOSÉ, SOTO-ACUÑA, SERGIO and RUIZ-FLORES, MACARENA)
PAIRED STERNAL OSSIFICATIONS IN A KEELED BIRD (VEGA-JORQUERA, LUIS, SMITH-PAREDES, DANIEL, NUÑEZ-LEÓN, DANIEL, O‘CONNOR, JINGMAI and VARGAS ALEXANDER O.)
ABOUT THE SYSTEMATIC STATUS OF AN OLD AND FORGOTTEN SPECIMEN OF TERROR BIRD (MESEMBRIORNITHINAE: PHORUSRHACIDAE) FROM THE MIOCENE OF NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA (VEZZOSI, RAÚL I. and NORIEGA, JORGE I.)
HUMERAL AND ULNAR CROSS-SECTIONAL GEOMETRY VISUALIZED THROUGH SYNCHROTRON IMAGING ADVOCATES ACTIVE FLIGHT IN ARCHAEOPTERYX (VOETEN, DENNIS F.A.E., SANCHEZ, SOPHIE, CUBO, JORGE, BUREŠ, STANISLAV and TAFFOREAU, PAUL)
A PISCIVOROUS ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD WITH A GASTRIC PELLTE SHEDS NEW LIGHTS ON THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN EARLY BIRDS (WANG, MIN and ZHOU, ZHONGHE)
POSTNATAL SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT AND BONE SURFACE TEXTURE IN LIMB BONES OF MODERN AQUATIC BIRDS (WATANABE, JUNYA)
PLEISTOCENE SEABIRDS FROM SHIRIYA, NORTHEAST JAPAN (AVES, ANATIDAE, PROCELLARIIDAE, PHALACROCORACIDAE, AND ALCIDAE) (WATANABE, JUNYA, MATSUOKA, HIROSHIGE and HASEGAWA, YOSHIKAZU)
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF EXTINCT AUSTRALASIAN FOWL (AVES: GALLOANSERES) (WORTHY, TREVOR H.)
A RESUME OF THE LATE MIOCENE AVIFAUNA FROM THE ALCOOTA LOCAL FAUNA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA (WORTHY, TREVOR H. and YATES, ADAM M.)
REVISION OF NON-PASSERIFORM BIRDS FROM POLGÁRDI (HUNGARY, LATE MIOCENE) (ZELENKOV, NIKITA V.)
ON THE ORIGIN OF HETERODACTYLY IN TROGONS (AVES, TROGONIFORMES) (ZINOVIEV, ANDREI V.)
As you can see, there is something for everyone!
If you want a copy of the pdf (as for the abstracts of 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012) drop me a line with you e-mail address and I'll send it to you.
Have fun,
Fred
