Early Eocene fossils elucidate the evolutionary history of the Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies)

A new Eocene species of presbyornithid (Aves, Anseriformes) from Murgon, Australia

(2023) Trevor H. Worthy et al.   ALCHERINGA

Comprehensive taxon sampling and vetted fossils help clarify the time tree of shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes)

(2022) David Černý et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

New bird remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA), including the first records of the Messelasturidae, Psittacopedidae, and Zygodactylidae from the Fisher/Sullivan site

(2021) Gerald Mayr et al.   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

New Remains of Scandiavis mikkelseni Inform Avian Phylogenetic Relationships and Brain Evolution

(2021) Miriam Heingård et al.   Diversity-Basel

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

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

An Exceptionally Preserved Specimen From the Green River Formation Elucidates Complex Phenotypic Evolution in Gruiformes and Charadriiformes

(2020) Grace Musser et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Becassius charadriioides, an early Miocene pratincole-like bird from France: with comments on the early evolutionary history of the Glareolidae (Aves, Charadriiformes)

(2019) Vanesa L. De Pietri et al.   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

A new species of the late Miocene charadriiform bird (Aves: Charadriiformes), with a summary of all Paleogene and Miocene Charadrii remains

(2019) ZBIGNIEW M. BOCHENSKI et al.   ZOOTAXA

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

The world’s smallest owl, the earliest unambiguous charadriiform bird, and other avian remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA)

(2016) Gerald Mayr   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

The world’s smallest owl, the earliest unambiguous charadriiform bird, and other avian remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA)

(2016) Gerald Mayr   PalZ

Variations in the hypotarsus morphology of birds and their evolutionary significance

(2015) Gerald Mayr   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

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

(2015) Richard O. Prum et al.   NATURE

Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark

(2013) S. Bertelli et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

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

(2011) GERALD MAYR   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY