A partial skeleton of a new species of Tynskya Mayr, 2000 (Aves, Messelasturidae) from the London Clay highlights the osteological distinctness of a poorly known early Eocene “owl/parrot mosaic”

An updated review of the middle Eocene avifauna from the Geiseltal (Germany), with comments on the unusual taphonomy of some bird remains

(2020) Gerald Mayr   GEOBIOS

Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology

(2020) Gerald Mayr et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

An unbiased molecular approach using 3’UTRs resolves the avian family-level tree of life

(2020) H Kuhl et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines

(2019) Daniel T. Ksepka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) of pyrite-permineralized fruits and seeds from the London Clay Formation (Ypresian) conserved in silicone oil: a critical evaluation

(2016) Margaret E. Collinson et al.   Botany

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

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

(2015) Gerald Mayr   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

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

(2014) G Mayr et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

(2014) E. D. Jarvis et al.   SCIENCE

New specimens of the early Eocene bird Vastanavis and the interrelationships of stem group Psittaciformes

(2013) G. Mayr et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Talons of Diurnal Bird of Prey

(2013) M. Clelia Mosto et al.   ANATOMIA HISTOLOGIA EMBRYOLOGIA

A new stem parrot from the Green River Formation and the complex evolution of the grasping foot in Pan-Psittaciformes

(2012) Daniel T. Ksepka et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Stem Parrots (Aves, Halcyornithidae) from the Green River Formation and a Combined Phylogeny of Pan-Psittaciformes

(2011) Daniel T. Ksepka et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

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

(2011) Gerald Mayr   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE