Descriptions of all fossil Ciconiimorphae (1 Viewer)

[Fred Ruhe]

For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/

For descriptions of all fossil Archaeopterygidae, Jeholornithiformes and Yandangornithiformes see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-archaeopterygiformes.401785/

For descriptions of all fossil Rahonaviformes see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-ahonaviformes.402134/

For descriptions of all fossil Confuciusornithidae and Incertae Sedis see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-confuciusornithiformes.402143/

For descriptions of all fossil Sapeornithiformes see:
https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-sapeornithiformes.402173/

For descriptions of all fossil Enantiornithes see:
https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-enantiornithes.402318/

For descriptions of all fossil Euornithes (Incertae Sedis, Vorones, Mystiornithiformes, Patagopterygiformes, Apsaraviiformes, Ambiornithiformes, Yanornithiformes -- Apatornithiformes) see:

Descriptions of all fossil Euornithes

The Euornithes are the sister group of the Enantiornithes. it is the clade that also incldes the modern birds. They are defined as a natural group which includes the most recent common ancestor of all avialans closer to modern birds than to Sinornis. The taxonomy follows for a lirge part...

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For descriptions of all fossil Neornithes (Palaeognathae) see:

Descriptions of all fossil Neornithes

The Neornithes include all basal and crown group modern birds and are the sister group of all other Neornithes. The first are the Palaeognathae For descriptions of all fossil Avialae see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/ For descriptions of all fossil...

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For descriptions of all fossil Neognathae (Galloanserae, Galliformes) see:

Descriptions of all fossil Neognathae

All birds not mentioned so far belong to this group. For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/ For descriptions of all fossil...

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For descriptions of al fossil Anseriformes (Gastornithiformes, Anseriformes) see:

Description of all fossil Anserimorphae

The sistergroup of the Galliformes is the Anserimorphae, several ordi that will all be given. For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see...

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For descriptions of all Anserimorphae - 2 (Vegaviiformes; Odontopterygiformes) see:

Descriptions of all fossil Anserimorphae - 2

This thread will give the descriptions of all tje other Anserimorphae. For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/ For descriptions of...

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For descriptions of all fossil Neoaves see:

Descriptions of all fossil Neoaves

This thread will give give the descriptions of the next group of birds, the Subcohort of Neoaves. It insludes all birds not mentioned yet. For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see...

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For descriptions of all fossil Procellariimorphae see (Sphenisciformes and Procellariiformes):

Descriptions of all fossil Procellariimorphae

The Procellariimorphae are the Sphenisciformes and the Procellariiformes. For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/ For descriptions...

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For descriptions of al Procellariiformes see:
https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-procellariiformes.405131/

For descriptions of all fossil Stegano-Grallatores (Balaenicipitiformes, Phaethontiformes, Pelecanoformes see:

Descriptions of all fossil Stegano-Grallatores

For descriptions of all fossil Avialae (Protoavidae; Incertae Sedis; Scansoriopterygidae; Praeornithidae; Incertae Sedis) see: https://www.birdforum.net/threads/descriptions-of-all-fossil-avialae.401773/ For descriptions of all fossil Archaeopterygidae, Jeholornithiformes and...

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For descriptions of all fossil Strigiformes see:

Descriptions of all fossil Strigiformes

In 2007 I was asked to compile a list of fossil Owls for the 2007 Owl Conference in Groningen, the Netherlands. This project was ment to supply everybody who attended the conference with a CD on which original description of all the extant and fossil Owls were to be found. David H. Johnson, the...

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Enjoy,

Fred

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Superordo CICONIIMORPHAE C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1854
Ordo CICONIIFORMES C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1854
Subordo SCOPI C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1849
Familia Scopidae C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1849

Genus Scopus Brisson, 1760

Scopus xenopus Olson, 1984
Storrs Lovejoy Olson, 1984
A Hammerkop from the Early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves: Scopidae)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 97: 736-740
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6502 (go to view/open)

Subordo CICONIAE C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1874
Superfamilia INCERTAE SEDIS
Gamili Incertae Sedis

Genus Sanshuiornis Wang, G. Mayr, Zhang et Zhou, 2011

Sanshuiornis zhangi Wang, G. Mayr, Zhang et Zhou, 2011
Min Wang, Gerald Mayr, Jiangyong Zhang & Zhonghe Zhou, 2011
New Bird Remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57: 519-526

http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app57/app20110061.pdf

Superfamilia CICONIOIDEA Sundevall, 1836
Familia Ciconiidae Sundevall, 1836

Genus Eociconia Hou, 1989

Eociconia sangequanensis Hou, 1989
LianHai Hou, 1989
A Middle Eocene Bird from Sangequan, Xinjiang
Vertebrata Palasiatica 27: 65-70
See attachment 1

Genus Cryptociconia Harrison, 1974

Cryptociconia indica Harrison, 1974.
Colin James Oliver Harrison, 1974
A Re-examination of Material of the Extinct Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos falconeri, with Description of Some New Species
Bulletin British Ornithologist’s Club 94: 42-49

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Genus Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758

Mycteria milleri (Short, 1966)
Lester L. Short, jr., 1966
A New Pliocene Stork from Nebraska
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 149: 1-12
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/26174?show=full (go to view/open)

Mycteria wetmorei Howard, 1935
Hildegarde Howard, 1935
The Rancho La Brea Wood Ibis
The Condor 37(5): 251-253

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v037n05/p0251-p0253.pdf

Genus Ciconia Brisson, 1760

Ciconia louisebolesae Boles, 2005
Walter E. Boles, 2005
A Review of the Australian Fossil Storks of the Genus Ciconia (Aves: Ciconiidae), with the Description of a New Species
Records of the Australian Museum 57: 165-178

https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/18014/1440_complete.pdf

Ciconia sarmatica Grigurescu et Kessler, 1977
Dan Grigorescu & Eugen Kessler, 1977
The Middle Sarmatian Avian Fauna of South Dobrogea
Revue Roumaine de Géologie, Géophysique et Géographie, [Série]: Géologie t. 21: 93-108

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dan-Grigorescu-3/publication/284677418_The_Middle_Sarmatian_avian_fauna_of_South_Dobrogea/links/5655f4cf08ae4988a7b349f7/The-Middle-Sarmatian-avian-fauna-of-South-Dobrogea.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Ciconia gaudryi Lambrecht, 1933
Kàlmàn Lambrecht, 1933
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1024 pg.

Handbuch der palaeornithologie

Illustrations: Illustrations

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Ciconia minor Harrison, 1980
Colin James Oliver Harrison, 1980
Fossil Birds from Afrotropical Africa in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History)
Ostich 51: 92-98

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Ciconia kahli Haarhoff, 1988
Philippa J. Haarhoff, 1988
A New Fossil Stork (Aves, Ciconiidae) from the Late Tertiary of Langebaanweg, South Africa
Annals of the South African Museum 97: 297-313

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Ciconia lucida Kurochkin, 1982
Evgeny Nikolayevic Kurochkin, 1982
[New Birds from the Middle Pliocene of Mongolia.]
Ornithologiya 17: 150-154
See attachment 3

Ciconia stehlini Jánossy, 1992
Dénes Jánossy, 1992
Lower Pleistocene Bird Remains from Beremend, (S-Hungary, Loc. 15. And 16.)
Aquila 99: 9-25

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Ciconia lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891)
Florentino Ameghino, 1895
Sur les Oiseaux Fossiles de Patagonie
Boletín del Instituto Geográfico Argentino 15: 501-602
See attachment 4

Ciconia nana (De Vis, 1888)
C. W. De Vis, 1905
A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Extinct Avifauna of Australia
Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 3-25

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Genus Palaeoephippiorhynchus Lambrecht, 1930

Palaeoephippiorhynchus dietrichi Lambrecht, 1930
Kàlmàn Lambrecht, 1930
Studien über Fossile Riesenvögel
Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica fasciculus 7 1-37, 7 figs., 3 pls

http://epa.oszk.hu/02900/02989/00006/pdf/EPA02989_geologica_hungarica_ser_paleo_07_1930_001-032.pdf

Remark: This is the longest name in ornithology.

 

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Ciconia lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891)
Florentino Ameghino, 1895
Sur les Oiseaux Fossiles de Patagonie
Boletín del Instituto Geográfico Argentino 15: 501-602
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Ciconia lydekkeri original description is:

Ameghino, F. (1891) Enumeracion de las aves fósiles de la República Argentina. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural, 1, 441–453.

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Ciconia lydekkeri original description is:

Ameghino, F. (1891) Enumeracion de las aves fósiles de la República Argentina. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural, 1, 441–453.

You are absolutely right, I got my notes mixed up.

Ciconia lydekkeri (Ameghino, 1891)
Florentino Ameghino, 1891
Enumeracion de las Aves Fósiles de la República Argentina
Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1: 441-453

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[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Jabiru Hellmayr, 1906

Jabiru codorensis Walsh et Sánchez, 2008
Stig A. Walsh & Rodolfo Sánchez, 2008
The First Cenozoic Fossil Bird from Venezuela
Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82: 105-112
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Genus Ephippiorhynchus C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1855

Ephippiorhynchus pakistanensis Harrison et Walker, 1982
Colin James Oliver Harrison & Cyril Alexander Walker, 1982
Fossil Birds from the Upper Miocene of Northern Pakistan
Tertiary Research 4(2): 53-69
See attachment 2

Ephippiorhynchus tchoufour Louchart, Haile-Selassie, Vignaud, Likius et Brunet, 2008
Antoine Louchart, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Patrick Vignaud, Androssa Likius & Michel Brunet, 2008
Fossil Birds from the Late Miocene of Chad and Ethiopia and Zoogeographical Implications
Oryctos 7: 147-167
See attachment 3

Genus Grallavis Cheneval, 1984
Jacques Cheneval, 1984
Grallavis edwardsi (Lydekker, 1891), Nouveau Genre d'Oiseau (Ciconiiformes) du Gisement Aquitanien de Saint-Gerand-le-Puy (Allier, France)
Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 53: 43-60

https://www.persee.fr/docAsPDF/linly_0366-1326_1984_num_53_2_10623.pdf

Grallavis edwardsi (Lydekker, 1891)
Richard Lydekker, 1891
On Remains of a Large Stork from the Allier Miocene
Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 1891: 476-479

Sci-Hub | 2. On Remains of a Large Stork from the Allier Miocene. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 59(4), 476–479 | 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1891.tb01772.x

Grallavis olseni (Brodkorb, 1963)
Pierce Brodkorb, 1963
Miocene Birds from the Hawthorne Formation in Florida
Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26(2): 159-167

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Genus Leptoptilos Lesson, 1831

Leptoptilos richae Harrison, 1974
Colin James Oliver Harrison, 1974
A Re-examination of Material of the Extinct Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos falconeri, with Description of Some New Species
Bulletin British Ornithologist’s Club 94: 42-49

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Leptoptilos patagonicus Noriega et Cladera, 2008
Jorge Ignacio Noriega & Gerardo Cladera, 2008
First Record of an Extinct Marabou Stork in the Neogene of South America
Acta Palaeontologia Polonica 53: 593-600

http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app53/APP53-593.pdf

Leptoptilos falconeri (Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1869-1871
Recherches Anatomiques et Paléontologiques pour Servir à l’Histoire des Oiseaux Fossiles de la France
Tomé 2
Atlas Tomé Sécond Planches 97 à 200
Paris, Victor Masson et Fils 632 pg. + plates

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Leptoptilos pliocenicus Zubareva, 1948
I don't have the paper and I don't e title, so help is needed.

Leptoptilos siwalicensis Harrison, 1974
Colin James Oliver Harrison, 1974
A Re-examination of Material of the Extinct Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos falconeri, with Description of Some New Species
Bulletin British Ornithologist’s Club 94: 42-49

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Leptoptilos lui Zhang, Huang, James et Hou, 2012
Zihui Zhang, Yunping Huang, Helen Frances James & Lianhai Hou, 2012
Marabou (Ciconiidae: Leptoptilos) from the Middle Pleistocene of Northeastern China
The Auk 129: 699-706

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen-James-7/publication/273584438_A_Marabou_Ciconiidae_Leptoptilos_from_the_Middle_Pleistocene_of_Northeastern_China/links/551029f60cf27d62b913b217/A-Marabou-Ciconiidae-Leptoptilos-from-the-Middle-Pleistocene-of-Northeastern-China.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Leptoptilos titan Wetmore, 1940
Alexander Wetmore, 1940
Avian Remains from the Pleistocene of Central Java
Journal of Paleontology 14(5): 447-450

Sci-Hub | | 10.2307/1298549

Leptoptilos robustus Meijer et Due, 2010
Hanneke J. M. Meijer & Rokus Awe Due, 2010
A New Species of Giant Marabou Stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 707-724

Sci-Hub | A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160(4), 707–724 | 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00616.x

 

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Leptoptilos pliocenicus Zubareva, 1948
I don't have the paper and I don't e title, so help is needed.

The ref is:

Зубарева В.I. [Zubareva V.I.] 1948. Плiоценовi марабу i грицайя. [Pliocene marabou and 'gritsayya'.] Труди Інституту зоології АН УРСР [Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic], 1: 114-137.​

But I can't find it online either. I don't know her given name and patronymic (what "В.I." stand for). The work is apparently written in Ukrainian (cited with an Ukrainian title in Russian works.). The word грицайя doesn't seem to be in dictionaries but, I presume, refers to Gryzaja odessana, which she described in 1939 (and which seems to be a bustard).

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Ordo PLATALEIFORMES Newton, 1884
Familia Incertae Sedis

Genus Vadaravis N. D. Smith, Grande et Clarke, 2013

Vadaravis brownae N. D. Smith, Grande et Clarke, 2013
Nathan D. Smith, Lance Grande & Julia A. Clarke, 2013
A New Species of Threskiornithidae-like Bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: 363-381

Sci-Hub | A new species of Threskiornithidae-like bird (Aves, Ciconiiformes) from the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33(2), 363–381 | 10.1080/02724634.2012.722898

Familia Threskiornithidae Poche, 1904
Subfamilia Rhynchaeitinae G. Mayr, 2002

Genus Rhynchaeites Wittich, 1898

Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich, 1898
Ernst Wittich, 1898
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Messeler Braunkohle und Ihrer Fauna
Abhandlungen der Grossherzoglich Hessischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 3: 79-147

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Abhandlungen_der_Grossherzoglich_Hessischen_Geologischen_Landesanstalt_zu_Darmstadt_%28IA_abhandlungenderg3318unse%29.pdf

Subfamilia Eudociminae C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1854

Genus Eudocimus Wagler, 1832

Eudocimus peruvianus Campbell, 1979
Kenneth E. Campbell, jr., 1979
The Non-Passerine Pleistocene Avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, Northwestern Peru
Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 118: 1-203

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Eudocimus leiseyi Emslie, 1995
Steven D. Emslie, 1995
An Early Irvingtonian Avifauna from Leisey Shell Pit
Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37: 299-344
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Genus Theristicus Wagler, 1832

Theristicus wetmorei Campbell, 1979
Kenneth E. Campbell, jr., 1979
The Non-Passerine Pleistocene Avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, Northwestern Peru
Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 118: 1-203

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Tribus Threskiornithinae Poche, 1904

Genus Actiornis Lydekker, 1891

Actiornis anglicus Lydekker, 1891
Richard Lydekker, 1891
Catalogue of the Fossil Birds in the British Museum (Natural History)
London, British Museum XXVII 368 pg. Herdruk 2006 Elibron Clasics

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Genus Gerandibis De Pietri, 2013
Vanesa L. De Pietri, 2013
Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the Phylogenetic Position of the Miocene Ibis Plegadis’ paganus from the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy Area in Central France
Ibis: 155: 544-560

Sci-Hub | Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the phylogenetic position of the Miocene ibis “Plegadis”paganusfrom the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area in central France. Ibis, 155(3), 544–560 | 10.1111/ibi.12062

Gerandibis pagana (Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1867-1868
Recherches Anatomique et Paléontologique pour Servir à l’Histoire des Oiseaux Fossiles de la France, Tomé Premier et Sécond
Paris, Victor Masson et Fils

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Genus Plegadis Kaup, 1829

Plegadis pharangites Olson, 1981
Storrs Lovejoy Olson, 1981-1982
The Generic Allocation of Ibis pagana Milne-Edwards, with A Review of the Fossil Ibises (Aves: Threskiornithidae)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1[for 1981]: 165-170
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/7085 (go to view/open)

Genus Geronticus Wagler, 1832

Geronticus perplexus (Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1867-1868
Recherches Anatomiques et Paléontologiques pour Servir à l’Histoire des Oiseaux Fossiles de la France
Tomé 1
Atlas Tomé premier Planches 1 à 96
Paris, Victor Masson et Fils 474 + plates

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Geronticus apelex Olson, 1985
Storrs Lovejoy Olson, 1985
Early Pliocene Ibises (Aves, Plataleidae) from South-Western Cape Province, South Africa
Annals of the South African Museum 97: 57-69
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/12781 (go to view/open)

Geronticus olsoni Mourer-Chauviré et Geraads, 2010
Cécille Mourer-Chauviré & Denis Geraads, 2010
The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography
Records of the Australian Museum 62: 157-184

https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/18084/1538_complete.pdf

Geronticus balcanicus Boev, 1998
Zlatozar Nikolaev Boev, 1998
Presence of Bald Ibises (Geronticus Wagler, 1832) (Threskiornithidae - Aves) in the Late Pliocene of Bulgaria
Geologica Balcanica 28 (1-2): 45-52

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Geronticus thackerayi Pavia, 2019
Marco Pavia, 2019
Geronticus thackerayi, sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a New Ibis from the Hominin-bearing Locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39: e1647433

Sci-Hub | Geronticus thackerayi, sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a new ibis from the hominin-bearing locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e1647433 | 10.1080/02724634.2019.1647433

 

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The ref is:

Зубарева В.I. [Zubareva V.I.] 1948. Плiоценовi марабу i грицайя. [Pliocene marabou and 'gritsayya'.] Труди Інституту зоології АН УРСР [Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic], 1: 114-137.​

But I can't find it online either. I don't know her given name and patronymic (what "В.I." stand for). The work is apparently written in Ukrainian (cited with an Ukrainian title in Russian works.). The word грицайя doesn't seem to be in dictionaries but, I presume, refers to Gryzaja odessana, which she described in 1939 (and which seems to be a bustard).

Well found Laurent, at least we now have something to search for!

Fred

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Genus Ajaia Reichenbach, 1853

Ajaia chione Emslie, 1995
Steven D. Emslie, 1995
An Early Irvingtonian Avifauna from Leisey Shell Pit
Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37: 299-344
See attachment 1 of the previous contribution

Genus Platalea Linnaeus, 1758

Platalea tiangangensis Hou, 1987
LianHai Hou, 1987
The Aragonian Vertebrate Fauna of Xiacaowan, Jiang - 6. Aves
Vertebrata Palasiatica 25: 57-68

http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200903/W020090813373481969785.pdf

Genus Xenicibis Olson et Steadman, 1977

Xenicibis xympithecus Olson et Steadman, 1977
Storrs Lovejoy Olson & David W. Steadman, 1977
A New Genus of Flightless Ibis (Threskiornithidae) and Other fossil Birds from Cave Deposits in Jamaica
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90: 447-457
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/12829 (go to view/open)

Genus Apteribis Olson et Wetmore, 1976

Apteribis glenos Olson et Wetmore, 1976
Storrs Lovejoy Olson & Alexander Wetmore, 1976
Preliminary Diagnoses of Two Extraordinary New Genera of Birds from Pleistocene Deposits in the Hawaiian Islands
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(18): 247-258
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1733 (go to view/open)

Apteribis brevis Olson et James, 1991
Storrs Lovejoy Olson & Helen F. James, 1991
Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes.
Ornithological Monographs No. 45: 1-88
The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington D.C.
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1745 (go to view/open)

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Ordo ARDEIFORMES Wagler, 1830
Familia Xenerodiopidae Rasmussen, Olson et Simons, 1987

Genus Xenerodiops Rasmussen, Olson et Simons, 1987

Xenerodiops mycter Rasmussen, Olson et Simons, 1987
D. Tab Rasmussen, Storrs Lovejoy Olson & Elwyn L. Simons, 1987
Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology • Number 62
Smithsonian Institution Press, City of Washington
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1984 (go to view/open)

Familia Ardeidae Leach, 1820
Subfamilia Tigriornithinae Bock, 1956

Genus Taphophoyx Steadman et Takano, 2019

Taphophoyx hodgei Steadman et Takano, 2019
David William Steadman & Oona M. Takano, 2019
A New Genus and Species of Heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Late Miocene of Florida
Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 55: 174-186

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2019/05/vol55no9archival.pdf

Subfamilia Botaurinae Reichenbach, 1850

Genus Pikaihao Worthy, Worthy, Tennyson et Scofield, 2013

Pikaihao bartlei Worthy, Worthy, Tennyson et Scofield, 2013
Trevor H. Worthy, Jennifer P. Worthy, Alan J. D. Tennyson & R. Paul Scofield, 2013
A Bittern (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand
Paleontological Journal 47: 1331-1343

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/R-Scofield/publication/258629897_A_Bittern_Aves_Ardeidae_from_the_Early_Miocene_of_New_Zealand/links/00b7d528e6f908e37e000000/A-Bittern-Aves-Ardeidae-from-the-Early-Miocene-of-New-Zealand.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Genus Nyctisoma Elzanowski et Zelenkov, 2015

Nyctisoma robusta Elzanowski et Zelenkov, 2015
Andrzej Elzanowski & Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2015
A Primitive Heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Miocene of Central Asia
Journal für Ornithologie 156: 837-846

A primitive heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Miocene of Central Asia - Journal of Ornithology

A robust quadrate from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia represents a new genus of Ardeidae that combines the similarities to Nycticorax and Tigrisoma, both of which have been recovered in basal positions in recent phylogenies of the Ardeidae, and to cf. Pikaihao from the Middle Miocene of Africa...

link.springer.com

Genus Botaurus Stephens, 1819

Botaurus hibbardi Moseley et Feduccia, 1975
Carolyn Moseley & Alan Feduccia, 1975
Upper Pliocene Herons and Ibises from North America
University Michigan Museum Paleontology, Papers on Paleontology 12: 71-74
See attachment 1

Subfamilia Nycticoracinae C. L. J. L. Bonaparte, 1854

Genus Nyctanassa Steineger, 1887

"Nyctanassa" kobdoena Kurochkin, 1976
Evgeny Nikolayevic Kurochkin, 1976
[New Data on Paleocene Birds of Western Mongolia]
Sovmestnaja Sovetsko-Mongol’skaja Paleontol. Ekspedit. Tr. 3: 51-67
See attachment 2

Nyctanassa carcinocatactes Olson et Wingate, 2006
Storrs Lovejoy Olson & David B. Wingate, 2006
A New Species of Night-heron (Ardeidae: Nyctanassa) from Quaternary Deposits on Bermuda
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119: 326-337
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1735 (go to view/open)

Genus Nycticorax T. Forster, 1817

Nycticorax fidens Brodkorb, 1963
Pierce Brodkorb, 1963
Fossil Birds from the Alachua Clay of Florida
Florida Geological Survey, Special Publication 2, Paoer Number 4: 1-17

UF Digital Collections

ufdc.ufl.edu

Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman, Worthy, Anderson et Walter, 2000
David W. Steadman, Trevor H. Worthy, Atholl J. Anderson & Richard Walter, 2000
New Species and Records of Birds from Prehistoric Sites on Niue, Southwest Pacific
The Wilson Bulletin 112: 165-186

Sci-Hub | NEW SPECIES AND RECORDS OF BIRDS FROM PREHISTORIC SITES ON NIUE, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. The Wilson Bulletin, 112(2), 165–186 | 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0165:NSAROB]2.0.CO;2

Nycticorax olsoni Bourne, Ashmole et Simmons, 2003
W.R.P. Bourne, N.P. Ashmole & K.E.L. Simmons, 2003
A New Subfossil Night Heron and a New Genus for the Extinct Rail for Ascension Island, Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Ardea 91: 45-51

http://ardea.nou.nu/ardeapdf/a91-045-051.pdf

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Subfamilia Ardeinae Leach, 1820

Genus Eoceornis Shufeldt, 1915

Eoceornis ardetta Shufeldt, 1915
Robert Wilson Shufeldt, 1915
Fossil Birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19: 1-110 (5-109), pls. i-xv.

https://paleoarchive.com/literature/Shufeldt1915-FossilBirdsMarshCollectionYaleUniversity.pdf

Genus Gnotornis Wetmore, 1942

Gnotornis aramiellus Wetmore, 1942
Alexander Wetmore, 1942
Two New Fossil Birds from the Oligocene of South Dakota
Smithsonian Miscelaneous Collection 101 (14): 1-6

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/23734/SMC_101_Wetmore_1942_14_1-6.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Genus Matuku Scofield, Worthy et Tennyson, 2010

Matuku otagoense Scofield, Worthy et Tennyson, 2010
R. Paul Scofield, Trevor H. Worthy & Alan J. D. Tennyson, 2010
A Heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Early Miocene St Bathans Fauna of Southern New Zealand
Records of the Australian museum 62: 89-104

https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/18080/1542.pdf

Genus Proardeola Harrison, 1979

Proardeola walkeri Harrison, 1979
Colin James Oliver Harrison, 1979
The Herons (Ardeidae) of the Old World Lower Tertiary
Tertiary Research Special Paper 5: 11-17
See attachment 1

Genus Proardea Lambrecht, 1933
Kàlmàn Lambrecht, 1933
Kàlmàn Lambrecht, 1933
Handbuch der Palaeornithologie
Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1024 pg.

Proardea amissa (Milne-Edwards, 1892)
Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 1892
Sur les Oiseaux Fossiles de Dêpots Éocène de Phosphate de Chaux de Sud de la France
C.R. second Congr. Ornithol. Intern. Budapest, p. 60-80 (pagina 76 en 77 missing)
See attachment 2

Proardea? deschutteri G. Mayr, De Pietri, Scofield et T. Smith, 2019
Gerald Mayr, Vanesa L. De Pietri, R. Paul Scofield & Thierry Smith, 2019
A Fossil Heron from the Early Oligocene of Belgium - the Earliest Temporally Well-constrained Record of the Ardeidae
Ibis 161: 79-90

Sci-Hub | A fossil heron from the early Oligocene of Belgium: the earliest temporally well-constrained record of the Ardeidae. Ibis | 10.1111/ibi.12600

Genus Ardeagrandis Kurochkin et Ganea, 1972

Ardeagrandis arborea Kurochkin et Ganya, 1972
Evgeny Nikolayevic Kurochkin & I. M. Ganya, 1972
[Birds of the Middle Sarmatian of Moldavia]
Akademiya Nauk Moldavskoy SSR 45-70
See attachment 3

Genus Syrigma Ridgway, 1878

Syrigma sanctimartini Campbell, 1979
Kenneth E. Campbell, jr., 1979
The Non-Passerine Pleistocene Avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, Northwestern Peru
Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contribution 118: 1-203

The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Genus Egretta T. Forster, 1817

Egretta subfluvia Becker, 1985
Jonathan J. Becker, 1985
Fossil Herons (Aves: Ardeidae) of the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene of Florida
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5: 24-31

https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1985.10011844

Genus Butorides Blyth, 1852

Butorides validipes Campbell, 1976
Kenneth E. Campbell, jr, 1976
An Early Pleistoceen Avifauna from Haile XVA, Florida
Wilson Bulletin 88(2): 345-347

https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v088n02/p0345-p0347.pdf

Genus Ardea Linnaeus, 1758

Ardea sytchevskayae Zelenkov, 2011
Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2011
Ardea sytchevskayae sp. nov., a New Heron Species (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia
Paleontological Journal 45: 572-579

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikita-Zelenkov/publication/226502316_Ardea_sytchevskayae_sp_nov_a_new_heron_species_Aves_Ardeidae_from_the_Middle_Miocene_of_Mongolia/links/02e7e51fcd4098012c000000/Ardea-sytchevskayae-sp-nov-a-new-heron-species-Aves-Ardeidae-from-the-Middle-Miocene-of-Mongolia.pdf?origin=publication_detail

Ardea aurelianensis Milne-Edwards, 1871
I don't have the paper, I do not know the title, so help is badly needed.

Ardea polkensis Brodkorb, 1955
Pierce Brodkorb, 1955
The Avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation
Florida Geological Survey, Reports of Investigations 14: 1-57

UF Digital Collections

ufdc.ufl.edu

Ardea howardae Brodkorb, 1980
Pierce Brodkorb, 1980
A New Fossil Heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Omo Basin of Ethiopia, with Remarks on the Position of Some Other Species Assigned to the Ardeidae
Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science 330: 87-92
See attachment 4

Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1979
I discussed this species with Dr. Ella Hoch:
Dear Dr. Hoch,

Since the 1990's I am interested in fossil birds and every now and then I came across a species described by you called Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1977.
Unfortunately, I cannot find any reference for the description of the
species, and believe me, I have tried. Can you in any way clear up the
status of the species and give the reference to the paper, or even better,
the paper itself ?

Sincerely,

Fred Ruhe.

She replied:

Dear Fred Ruhe,

Thank you for the letter and your interest in Ardea bennuides. You are touching a point of bad conscience in me. After careful studies I wrote about the partial bones of the very large heron I had discovered while studying bones from archaeological excavations in the Persian Gulf region, and I shal be adding the reference below. The site of Umm an-Nar is no longer accessible for excavations since it (or much of it) forms part of the airport facilities of Abu Dhabi, and Danish archaelogical excavations no longer take place in the Emirates as far as I know. The then driving forces (at Moesgaard archaeological centre, near Aarhus in Denmark) are either dead or retired, personally I went back to my studies of palaeontology after I had worked on the Arabian material, and I did not keep my promise (given in the first publication) of writing a formal description of the extinct heron species. I have left Copenhagen University, am now associated with a small palaeontological museum in another part of Denmark and, without leaving palaeontology, have recently focused on science history (I shall attach a recent paper that may be of interest to Dutch readers due to the importance of Leiden and Amsterdam Universities mentioned there). But the Bennu heron is still part of my world of wishes of return - I may continue work on it, especially create a place for it in Abu Dhabi. As you may know, there is strong interest in the Emirates of gaining insight in times before now in their region.

The original paper is:

Hoch, E., 1979. Reflections on prehistoric life at Umm an-Nar (Trucial Oman) based on faunal remains from the third millennium BC. Pp 589-638 in M. Taddei (ed.) South Asian Archaeology 1977, vol. I and II. Naples.

With the year of publication being 1979, it would be correct to write Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1979 (not 1977). Where did you obtain your information?

A university library in the Netherlands will be able to find the article for you. I may be able to get an electronic copy here, but I have no more reprints.

With my kind regards,

Ella Hoch

Well, I tried to find it, but didn't succeed, so help is needed.

Genus Zeltornis Balouet, 1981

Zeltornis ginsburgi Balouet, 1981
Jean Christophe Balouet, 1981
Zeltornis ginsburgi n.g. n.sp. (Ardeidae: Aves), Héron Géant du Miocène Inférieur du Djebel Zelten (Libye)
Comptes Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences Paris series 2, 293: 235-239
See attachment 5

Ardeidae Genus et Species Incerta Sedis

"Anas" basaltica Bayer, 1882
I don't have the paper, and can't find it on line, so help is needed.

This finishes the Divisio Natatores Baird, 1858, the next clade will be the Divisio Terrestrornithes Livezey et Zusi, 2007.

 

[l_raty]

Ardea aurelianensis Milne-Edwards, 1871
I don't have the paper, I do not know the title, so help is badly needed.

Milne-Edwards A. 1869-1871. Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France. Tome second. Victor Masson et Fils, Paris.

t.2 (1869-1871) - Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire des oiseaux fossiles de la France - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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(This is an extremely light description, though.)

Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1979
[...]
Hoch, E., 1979. Reflections on prehistoric life at Umm an-Nar (Trucial Oman) based on faunal remains from the third millennium BC. Pp 589-638 in M. Taddei (ed.) South Asian Archaeology 1977, vol. I and II. Naples.
[...]
Well, I tried to find it, but didn't succeed, so help is needed.

For this one I can only offer Google Books snippets:
https://books.google.com/books?id=8QBuAAAAMAAJ&q="ardea+bennuides"
https://books.google.com/books?id=8QBuAAAAMAAJ&q="heron"
This was indeed not intended to be a formal description, but she used the name and diagnosed the bird as an Ardea heron "much larger than any extant heron".

"Anas" basaltica Bayer, 1882
I don't have the paper, and can't find it on line, so help is needed.

Bayer F. 1883. Über zwei neue Vogelreste aus der böhmischen Tertiärformation. Sitzungsberichte der königlichen böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag, Jahrgang 1882: 60-65.

jahrg. 1882 - Sitzungsberichte der königl. böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften in Prag - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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[Fred Ruhe]

As usual, great help Laurent!

Fred

 

[jurek]

The Bennu heron Ardea bennuides is weird from the zoogeography / ecology point of view. It is unusual to have a large mainland waterbird with so restricted distribution - only South Arabia, and to have a mainland bird go extinct in the recent millenia.

If it was not described, what are the chances of some mistake? I may be asking a naive question - but what are the chances of confusion with bones of flamingos, marabous or other extant species?

 

[Fred Ruhe]

The Bennu heron Ardea bennuides is weird from the zoogeography / ecology point of view. It is unusual to have a large mainland waterbird with so restricted distribution - only South Arabia, and to have a mainland bird go extinct in the recent millenia.

If it was not described, what are the chances of some mistake? I may be asking a naive question - but what are the chances of confusion with bones of flamingos, marabous or other extant species?

Well, this question is not easy to answer. We know very little of this species, the only material is a fragment of a tibiotarsus. What I know about it is what Ella Hoch wrote to me and that I remember to have red somewhere that it is bigger than Ardea herodias. On Wikipedia it is said: It was very large and based on remains discovered, it is possible that it was approximately 2 m (6.6 ft) tall and had a wingspan up to 2.7 m (8.9 ft). Thus, it surpasses the size of the largest living species in the heron family, the goliath heron.

When Ella Hoch makes it a heron, it is a heron. She is a very capable paleornithologist and confusion with flamingos, marabous or other extant species is not very likely. I have not seen the specimen, nor have I seen the very short description (just enough to make it a valid species, and a photograph), otherwise I would have published it, And the name and for the rest I point to my remarks with the species.
Keep in mind, I try to give all the Original descriptions of all fossil birds, nothing more, nothing less. It is not to me to question the names, the assingment to genus, famely, order and so on.
Also see:
Zygmunt Bocheñski, 1995
History of Herons of the Western Palaearctic
Acta Zoologica Cracoviense 38: 343-362, pg. 346

http://www.isez.pan.krakow.pl/journals/azc/pdf/azc_v/38(3)/38(3)_02.pdf

The reason I asked Ella Hoch for information was, of course, to learn more about the species. If I could give you more information, I would.

Another reason not to doubt the assignment of the fossil to Ardea is of course that up to now nobody challenched it, but that might be becouse of the lack of more specimen.

Fred

 

[jurek]

Large size would be a good distinguishing character from other herons, however, I wondered that it could be not a heron at all.

I am interested in rewilding, and Ardea bennuides might be, potentially, a species wiped out prehistorically by humans like e.g. wild dromedary camels. But, given the little material, which is unavailable, I think saying or assuming it is another 'extinct megafauna' would be taking too many premature conclusions.

By the way, my understanding is that linking it with a deity Bennu from Egyptian mythology is a metaphor. Egyptian drawings of an oversized heron were not meant to be realistic, Bennu was symbolized by a bird drawing, not believed to be literally a bird-shaped entity, and it was symbolized by several dissimilar bird species, also e.g. yellow wagtail.

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1979
I discussed this species with Dr. Ella Hoch:
Dear Dr. Hoch,

Since the 1990's I am interested in fossil birds and every now and then I came across a species described by you called Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1977.
Unfortunately, I cannot find any reference for the description of the
species, and believe me, I have tried. Can you in any way clear up the
status of the species and give the reference to the paper, or even better,
the paper itself ?

Sincerely,

Fred Ruhe.

She replied:

Dear Fred Ruhe,

Thank you for the letter and your interest in Ardea bennuides. You are touching a point of bad conscience in me. After careful studies I wrote about the partial bones of the very large heron I had discovered while studying bones from archaeological excavations in the Persian Gulf region, and I shal be adding the reference below. The site of Umm an-Nar is no longer accessible for excavations since it (or much of it) forms part of the airport facilities of Abu Dhabi, and Danish archaelogical excavations no longer take place in the Emirates as far as I know. The then driving forces (at Moesgaard archaeological centre, near Aarhus in Denmark) are either dead or retired, personally I went back to my studies of palaeontology after I had worked on the Arabian material, and I did not keep my promise (given in the first publication) of writing a formal description of the extinct heron species. I have left Copenhagen University, am now associated with a small palaeontological museum in another part of Denmark and, without leaving palaeontology, have recently focused on science history (I shall attach a recent paper that may be of interest to Dutch readers due to the importance of Leiden and Amsterdam Universities mentioned there). But the Bennu heron is still part of my world of wishes of return - I may continue work on it, especially create a place for it in Abu Dhabi. As you may know, there is strong interest in the Emirates of gaining insight in times before now in their region.

The original paper is:

Hoch, E., 1979. Reflections on prehistoric life at Umm an-Nar (Trucial Oman) based on faunal remains from the third millennium BC. Pp 589-638 in M. Taddei (ed.) South Asian Archaeology 1977, vol. I and II. Naples.

With the year of publication being 1979, it would be correct to write Ardea bennuides Hoch, 1979 (not 1977). Where did you obtain your information?

A university library in the Netherlands will be able to find the article for you. I may be able to get an electronic copy here, but I have no more reprints.

With my kind regards,

Ella Hoch

Well, I tried to find it, but didn't succeed, so help is needed.

I finally reseived this paper, here it is

Fred

 

[Fred Ruhe]

Insert before Rhynchaeites messelensis Wittich, 1898:

Rhynchaeites litoralis G. Mayr et Kitchener, 2023
Gerald Mayr & Andrew C. Kitchener, 2023
Multiple skeletons of Rhynchaeites from the London Clay reveal the osteology of early Eocene ibises (Aves, Threskiornithidae)
Vol.0123456789)1 3PalZ
Multiple skeletons of Rhynchaeites from the London Clay reveal the osteology of early Eocene ibises (Aves, Threskiornithidae) - PalZ

Fred