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  1. Fred Ruhe

    Review of avialans from the Cretaceous of Antarctica

    The Antarctic record of Cretaceous birds Antarcticavis capelambensis Cordes-Person, Acosta Hospitaleche, Case et Martin, 2020 A partial skeleton (SDSM 78147, cast SDSM C-642) collected during the summer field trip to West Antarctica in 1998 in Maastrichtian sediments of the Snow Hill Island...
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    Late Pleistocene birds (and mammals) from the Kiliite Cave

    TAXONOMIC NOTES Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 Order Galliformes Temminck, 1820 Family Phasianidae Horsfield, 18215 Genus Perdix Brisson, Perdix palaeoperdix Mourer-Chauviré, 1975 Material: NI 3 (Perdix perdix/palaeoperdix) (Table 1). The Middle-Late Pleistocene P. palaeoperdix is considered to be...
  3. Fred Ruhe

    The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae)

    Hi Ornithociencia, Here it is. Fred
  4. Fred Ruhe

    The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae)

    Thomas W. LaBarge, Jacob D. Gardner and Chris L. Organ. 2024 The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291 (2021). 20240235. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.0235. Abstract...
  5. Fred Ruhe

    Paralyra gen. nov.

    Free pdf: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379874555_Grouse_Aves_Phasianidae_Tetraonini_from_the_Early_Pleistocene_of_Crimea_and_the_Taxonomic_Status_of_Lagopus_atavus Fred
  6. Fred Ruhe

    Paralyra gen. nov.

    Genus Lyrurus Swainson, 1832 Lyrurus partium Kretzoi, 1962 Lyrurus partium: Kretzoi, 1962, p. 171; Jánossy, 1976, p. 20, pl. 2, figs. 5–7. Tetrao partium: Brodkorb, 1964, p. 322; Boev, 1999, p. 85, textfig. 1; Bocheński et al., 2012, p. 60. Tetrao tetrix (part.): Mlíkovsky, 2002, p. 167...
  7. Fred Ruhe

    Paralyra gen. nov.

    SYTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY CLASS AVES Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae Horsfield, 1821 Tribe Tetraonini Leach, 1820 Genus Paralyra Zelenkov, gen. nov. Etymology. From Greek para (next to) and lyra (a lyre), a reference to the generic name of Lyrurus black grouse; feminine. Typespecies...
  8. Fred Ruhe

    Descriptions of all fossil Neognathae

    Insert after Lagopus muta correzensis Mourer-Chauviré, 1975: Genus Paralyra Zelenkolv, 2024 and transfer Lagopus atavus Jánossy, 1974 (= Lagopus lagopus atacus Jánossy, 1974, raised to species statyus, FR) to the new genus as Paralyra atava (Jánossy, 1974)
  9. Fred Ruhe

    Paralyra gen. nov.

    Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2024 Grouse (Aves: Phasianidae: Tetraonini) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea, and the Taxonomic Status of Lagopus atavus Paleontological Journal Volume 58, pages 112–123, Abstract: Grouse (Aves: Phasianidae: Tetraonini) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea, and the...
  10. Fred Ruhe

    Characterization of Diagenetiforms in an Expanded Proteome of the Extinct Moa (Dinornithidae):

    Elena R. Schroetew, 2024 Characterization of Diagenetiforms in an Expanded Proteome of the Extinct Moa (Dinornithidae): Identifying Biological, Diagenetic, Experimental Artifact, and Mislabeled Modifications in Degraded Tissues Minerals. 14 (2): 137. Bibcode:2024Mine...14..137S...
  11. Fred Ruhe

    Descriptions of all fossil Neornithes Incertae Sedis

    Thank you very much Marcos! Fred
  12. Fred Ruhe

    Waltonirrisor tendringensis gen. nov. sp n.; Pristineanis, gen. nov. sp n.; Septencoracias simillimus sp, nov.

    Pristineanis major, sp. nov. Holotype. NMS.Z.2021.40.158 (Fig. 8q‒s; partial left tarsometatarsus and pedal phalanx); collected in 1979 by M. Daniels (original collector’s number WN 79253). Differential diagnosis. The species differs from P. minor in its notably larger size. Etymology. The...
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    Waltonirrisor tendringensis gen. nov. sp n.; Pristineanis, gen. nov. sp n.; Septencoracias simillimus sp, nov.

    ?Piciformes (Meyer and Wolf, 1810) Pristineanis, gen. nov. Type species. Pristineanis minor, sp. nov. Included species. Pristineanis kistneri (Feduccia, 1973). Diagnosis. Characterised by a scapula with a long acromion; coracoid with long and slender processus procoracoideus; hypotarsus with...
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    Waltonirrisor tendringensis gen. nov. sp n.; Pristineanis, gen. nov. sp n.; Septencoracias simillimus sp, nov.

    ?Primobucco Brodkorb, 1970 ?Primobucco sp. Referred specimen. NMS.Z.2021.40.154 (Fig. 7a, d‒g; distal end of left tibiotarsus, left tarsometatarsus, several pedal phalanges); collected in 1981 by M. Daniels (original collector’s number WN 81371). Tentatively referred specimens...
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    Waltonirrisor tendringensis gen. nov. sp n.; Pristineanis, gen. nov. sp n.; Septencoracias simillimus sp, nov.

    Coracii, gen. et sp. indet. Referred specimens. NMS.Z.2021.40.150 (Figs. 3e, 6mm‒ pp; proximal end of right femur, right tarsometatarsus, pedal phalanges); collected in 1983 by M. Daniels (original collector’s number WN 83444). NMS.Z.2021.40.151 (distal end of left humerus); collected in 1980...
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