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First fossil bird ever found with an unlaid egg preserved inside the body. Very cool Article https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/247587-alida-bailleul/posts/45802-an-egg-found-inside-a-fossil-bird-by-accident Paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09259-x?fbclid=IwAR3Vqeb0k6SHIFoWZYeEOEvgjKWE7MP59-nvYg_McQiPZCan2l0tHkouI78 @Auspex

Do you think this is a bird or reptile?

On the surface this looks like a feather but i don't know if there are any plants that look like this. Here are the pics. Piece extracted from the cenomanian clay pits. Dated by argon from volcanic crystals on strata to cenomanian age late cretaceous.

dykescolarocoiserrnal.pone.0061030.PDF (about 2,7 MB) Mariela S.Fernandes, Rodolfo S.Garcia, Lucas Fiorelli, Alejandro Scolaro, Rodrigo B.Salvador, Carlos N.Cotaro , Gary W.Kaiser, Gareth Dyke: A large accumulation of Avian eggs from the late Cretaceous of Patagonia(Argentina)reveals a novel nesting strategy in Mesozoic birds Plos ONE 8 (4) e61030.doi 10371/journal.pone 0061030 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061030

About 3,4 Mb,and,as such things go,fairly new Kleipl3vmam_Juras_cret_P3P.pdf Useful?Innerestin'?

Tiny fossil reveals what happened to birds after dinosaurs went extinct By Carolyn Gramling, Science Magazine AAAS, July. 10, 2017 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/tiny-fossil-reveals-what-happened-birds-after-dinosaurs-went-extinct The OLDEST tree-dwelling bird species revealed: 62 million-year-old 'Tsidiiyazhi abini' fossil suggests avians rapidly evolved after the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs by Shivali Best, Mail Online, July 11, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4684926/62-million-year-old-Tsidiiyazhi-abini-fossil-discovered.html Fossil sheds light on bird evolution after asteroid strike By Helen Brigg, BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40535631 Ksepka, D.T., T.A. Stidham, and T.E. Williamson, 2017. Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/07/05/1700188114 Yours, Paul H

2011_ZelenitskyRSL+aves{cladisticstheropod_olfaction.pdf Read this one. I found it informative*,and the methodology is sound. The proxy for the "sense of smell" is clearly explained Now I'm interested in the precise way smell is used by predators in general.. *in particular the short remark about sphenethmoid preservation

kurochdykerslutapho309.full.pdf A fossil brain is compared to that of Archaeopteryx. Interesting:possibly nocturnal?

One creature is almost synonymous with extinction.............. and this paper deals with that bird Rdijk2009.pdf

Tags say it all. Intriguing,to say the least http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119083.PDF

Structures like these are inherently interesting... Na& Pern 2014 cassohibilogy, evolution.pdf

In the January/February issue of "American Scientist" magazine there is an article on fossil birds. It has some photos of Green River Formation (Early Eocene of Wyoming) specimens and some illustrations of other birds including some of the largest ones. Check it out. http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2014/1/flights-of-fancy-in-avian-evolution

Here is paper you might find interesting as it regards a possible geographic origin of early birds and mammals: Sven Kurbel (2013) Hypothesis of homeothermy evolution on isolated South China Craton that moved from equator to cold north latitudes 250 to 200 Myr ago. Journal of Theoretical Biology (advance online publication) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.09.018 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519313004463 While the climate of southern China during the Early Jurassic provides a window into the geographic origins of homeothermic animals (mammals, birds), the problem with the validity of the hypothesis is that all Early Jurassic theropod dinosaurs found in South China are non-tetanuran (although theropod footprints in Inner Mongolia suggest that there may be Early Jurassic theropod body fossils waiting to be found in Inner Mongolia) and that the oldest paravians (Pedopenna, Xiaotingia, Eosinopteryx, Aurornis) are of Middle-Late Jurassic age. However, it's not hard to imagine a Middle Jurassic paravian occurring in South China because the Oxfordian-age alvarezsaur Haplocheirus is closer to paravians, therizinosaurs, and oviraptorosaurs than to any other coelurosaur group. Only time will they if the hypothesis of an Asian origin for Avialae based on climatic conditions in southern China during the Early Jurassic is valid.

Hi all just read this article in this mornings paper, just goes to show that i still have a chance of getting one of my 3 different fossil penguins named after me. with help http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8323696/Skull-of-worlds-oldest-penguin-found http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/6516948/Penguin-fossils-offer-chance-of-a-lifetime there is possibly more out there

These are a few of the pdf files (and a few Microsoft Word documents) that I've accumulated in my web browsing. MOST of these are hyperlinked to their source. If you want one that is not hyperlinked or if the link isn't working, e-mail me at joegallo1954@gmail.com and I'll be happy to send it to you. Please note that this list will be updated continuously as I find more available resources. All of these files are freely available on the Internet so there should be no copyright issues. Articles with author names in RED are new additions since July 24, 2018. General Aves Cretaceous Birds Cretaceous Birds - Africa/Middle East Forster, C.A., et al. (1998). The Therapod Ancestry of Birds: New Evidence from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Science, Vol.279. O'Connor, P.M. and C.A. Forster (2010). A Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Avifauna from the Maevarano Formation, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(4). Riff,D., et al. (2004). An Avian Vertebra from the Continental Cretaceous of Morocco, Africa. Arquivos do Museuo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Vol.62, number 2. Cretaceous Birds - Asia/Malaysia/Pacific Islands Azuma, Y., et al. (2002). Early Cretaceous Bird Tracks from the Tetori Group, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, 1. Barden, H.E., et al. (2011). Morphological and Geochemical Evidence of Eumelanin Preservation in the Feathers of the Early Cretaceous Bird, Gansus yumenensis. PLoS ONE, 6(10). Clarke, J.A. and M.A. Norrell (2004). New Avialan Remains and a Review of the Known Avifauna from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates, Number 3447. Clarke, J.A., Z. Zhou and F. Zhang (2006). Insight into the evolution of avian flight from a new clade of Early Cretaceous ornithurines from China and the morphology of Yixianornis grabaui. J.Anat., 208. Falk, A.R. (2014). Foot and Hindlimb Morphology, Soft Tissues, and Tracemaking Behaviors of Early Cretaceous Birds from China and the Republic of Korea with a Comparison to Modern Avian Morphology and Behavior. Ph.D. Dissertation - University of Kansas. Xing, L.-d., et al. (2016). Mummified precocial bird wings in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Nature Communications, 7:12089. - Supplementary data. Zhou, Z. and F.Z.Z. Li (2009). A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution. Proc.R.Soc.B. Cretaceous Birds - Europe (including Greenland and Siberia) Bock, W.J. and P. Buhler (1996). Nomenclature of Cretaceous birds from Romania. Cretaceous Research, 17. dyke, G.J., et al. (2011). Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Birds and Pterosaurs from the Cornet Bauxite Mine, Romania. Palaeontology, Vol.54, Part 1. Sanz, J.L., et al. (1997). A Nestling Bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: Implications for Avian Skull and Neck Evolution. Science, Vol.276. Seeley, H.G. (1876). On the British Fossil Cretaceous Birds. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, Vol.32. Cretaceous Birds - North America Andrezej, E. and M.K. Brett-Surman (1995). Avian Premaxilla and Tarsometatarsus from the Uppermost Cretaceous of Montana. The Auk, 112(3). Davis, L.C. and K. Harris (1997). Discovery of Fossil Cretaceous Bird in Southwest Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol.51. Grimaldi, D. and G.R. Case (1995). A Feather in Amber from the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates, Number 3126. Olson, S.L. and Parris, D.C. (1987). The Cretaceous Birds of New Jersey. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, Number 63. Sankey, J.T. (2008). Diversity of Latest Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Small Theropods and Birds: Teeth from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations. In: Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography. Sankey, J.T. and S. Baszio (eds.), Indiana University Press. Sankey, J.T., et al. (2002). Small Theropod and Bird Teeth from the Late Cretaceous (Late Campanian) Judith River Group, Alberta. J.Paleont., 76(4). Cretaceous Birds - South America/Central America/Caribbean Candeiro, C.R.A., et al. (2012). First bird remains from the Upper Cretaceous of the Peiropolis site, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Geodiversitas, 34(3). Coria, R.A., et al. (2002). Bird footprints from the Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous) in Neuquen Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 39(4). Kellner, A.W.A., J.G. Maisey and D.A. Campos (1994). Fossil Down Feather from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Palaeontology, Vol.37, Part 3. Martill, D.M. and J.B.M. Filgueira (1994). A New Feather from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Palaeontology, Vol.37, Part 3. Schweitzer, M.H., et al. (2002). Late Cretaceous Avian Eggs with Embryos from Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(1). General Cretaceous Birds Clarke, J.A., et al. (2005). Definitive fossil evidence for the extant avian radiation in the Cretaceous. Nature, Vol.433. Elzanowski, A. (1983). Birds in Cretaceous Ecosystems. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 28(1-2). Longrich, N.R., T. Tokaryk and D.J. Field (2011). Mass extinction of birds at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. PNAS, Vol.108, Number 37. Mitchell, J.S. and P.J. Mackovicky (2014). Low ecological disparity in Early Cretaceous birds. Proc.R.Soc. B, 281. Paleocene Birds dyke, G.J., D.M. Waterhouse and A.V. Kristoffersen (2004). Three new fossil landbirds from the early Paleogene of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, Vol.51. Mayr, G. (2007). The Birds from the Paleocene Fissure Filling of Walbeck (Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27(2). Eocene Birds Bourdon, E., C. Mourer-Chauviré and Y. Laurent (2016). Early Eocene birds from La Borie, southern France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 61(1). dyke, G. and B. Lindow (2009). Taphonomy and abundance of birds from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Geological Journal, 44. Howard, H. (1965). First Record of Avian Fossils from the Eocene of California. Journal of Paleontology, Vol.39, Number 3. Houde, P. and S.L. Olson(1992). A Radiation of Coly-Like Birds from the Eocene of North America (Aves: Sandcoleiformes New Order). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series, Number 36. Mayr, G. (2010). A New Avian Species with Tubercle-bearing Cervical Vertebrae from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany). Records of the Australian Museum, Vol.62. Sallaberry, M.A., et al. (2010). Eocene Birds from the Western Margin of Southernmost South America. Journal of Paleontology, 84,6. Wang, M., et al. (2012). New bird remains from the Middle Eocene of Guangdong, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 57(3). Weidig, I. (2010). New Birds from the Lower Eocene Green River Formation, North America. Records of the Australian Museum, Vol.62. Wetmore, A. (1933). Fossil Bird Remains from the Eocene of Wyoming. The Condor, Vol.XXXV. Yuri-Yáñez, R.E., et al. (2012). First bird remains from the Eocene of Algarrobo, central Chile. Andean Geology, 39(3). Oligocene Birds Bochenski, Z.M., T. Tomek and E. Swidnicka (2013). A review of avian remains from the Oligocene of the Outer Carpathians and Central Paleogene Basin. In: Paleornithological Research 2013. Gӧhlich, U.B. and A. Kroh (eds.), Proceed. 8th Internat. Meeting Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Chandler, R.M. and W.P. Wall (2001). The First Record of Bird Eggs from the Early Oligocene (Orellan) of North America. National Park Service Geologic Resources Division Technical Report. (Read on-line, PDF not available) Rasmussen, D.T., et al. (1987). Fossil Birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Province, Egypt.Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, Number 62. Weigel, R.D. (1963). Oligocene Birds from Saskatchewan. Quart.J. Florida Acad.Sci., 26. Wetmore, A. (1927). Fossil Birds from the Oligocene of Colorado. U.S. National Museum. Miocene Birds Miocene Birds - Africa/Middle East Louchart, A., et al. (2008). Fossil birds from the Late Miocene of Chad and Ethiopia and zoogeographical implications. Oryctos, Vol.7. Mlikovsky, J. (2003). Early Miocene Birds of Djebel Zelten, Libya. J.Nat.Mus., Nat.Hist.Ser., Vol.172(1-4). Smith, N.A. (2013). Avian fossils from the Early Miocene Moghra Formation of Egypt. Ostrich, 84(3). Stewart, J.R. and M. Beech (2006). The Miocene birds of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) with a discussion of the age of modern species and genera. Historical Biology, 18(2). Stidham, T.A. (2007). Preliminary Assessment of the Late Miocene Avifauna from Lemudong'o, Kenya. Kirtlandia, Number 56. Miocene Birds - Asia/Malaysia/Pacific Islands Cheneval, J., et al. (1991). The Miocene avifauna of the Li Mae Long locality, Thailand: systematics and paleoecology. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, Vol.6, Number 2. Miocene Birds - Europe (including Greenland and Siberia) Gohlich, U.B. (2003). The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 104A. Gohlich, U.B. (2002). The Avifauna of the Miocene Fossil-Lagerstätte Sandelzhausen (Bavaria, Southern Germany). Zitteliana, 22. Mlikovsky, J. (2003). Middle Miocene Birds of Frantiskovy Lazne, Bohemia. J.Nat.Mus., Nat.Hist.Ser., Vol.172(1-4). Mlikovsky, J. (1991). Late Miocene Birds of Gotzendorf/Leitha, Austria. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 92A. Miocene Birds - North America Bickart, K.J. (1990). I. The Birds of the Late Miocene - Early Pliocene Big Sandy Formation, Mojave County, Arizona. In: Recent Advances in the Study of Neogene Fossil Birds. Ornithological Mongraphs Number 44, American Ornithologists Union. Brodkorb, P. (1956). Two New Birds from the Miocene of Florida. The Condor, Vol.58. Chandler, R.M. (1998). Additions and Comments on the Fossil Birds of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Sioux County, Nebraska. Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-98/1. Howard, H. (1978). Late Miocene Marine Birds from Orange County, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Number 290. Howard, H. (1966). Two Fossil Birds from the Lower Miocene of South Dakota. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Number 107. Howard, H. and L.G. Barnes (1987). Middle Miocene Marine Birds from the Foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Number 383. Miller, L.H. (1961). Birds from the Miocene of Sharktooth Hill, California.The Condor, Vol.63. Miller, L.H. (1952). The Avifauna of the Barstow Miocene of California. The Condor, Vol.54. Rasmussen, P.C. (1998). Early Miocene Avifauna from the Pollack Farm Site in Delaware. In: Geology and paleontology of the lower Miocene Pollack Farm Site, Delaware. (Benson, R.N., ed.), Delaware Geological Survey Special Publication, Number 21. Wetmore, A. (1926). Descriptions of Additional Fossil Birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates, Number 211. Wetmore, A. (1926). Observations on Fossil Birds Described from the Miocene of Maryland. Auk, Vol. XLIII. Wetmore, A. (1923). Avian Fossils from the Miocene and Pliocene of Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol.XLVIII, Article XII. Miocene Birds - South America/Central America/Caribbean Walsh, S.A. and J.P. Hume (2001). A New Neogene Marine Avian Assemblage from North-Central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(3). Pliocene Birds Pliocene Birds - Africa/Middle East Harrison, T. (2005). Fossil bird eggs from the Pliocene of Laetoli, Tanzania: Their taxonomic and paleoecological relationships. Journal of African Earth Science, Vol. 41. Manegold, A., et al. (2013). The Early Pliocene avifauna of Langebaanweg (South Africa): a review and update. In: Paleornithological Research 2013. Gӧhlich, U.B. and A. Kroh (eds.), Proceed. 8th Internat. Meeting Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Mourer-Chauvire, C. and D. Geraads (2010). The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography. Records of the Australian Museum, Vol.62. Olson, S.L. (1985). An Early Pliocene Marine Avifauna from Duinefontein, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, Vol.95, Part 4. Prassack, K.A. (2010). Late Pliocene Avifauna from the Hominid Bearing Zinjanthropus Land Surface at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Records of the Australian Museum, Vol.62. Pliocene Birds - Asia/Malaysia/Pacific Islands Zelenkov, N.V. (2013). New finds and revised taxa of Early Pliocene birds from Western Mongolia. In: Paleonithological Research 2013. Gӧhlich, U.B. and A. Kroh (eds.), Proceed. 8th Internat. Meeting Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Pliocene Birds - Australia/New Zealand Eagle, M.K., B.J. Gill and J.A. Grant-Mackie (2005). Pliocene Bird Bones from Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Rec. Aukland Mus., 42. Pliocene Birds - Europe (including Greenland and Siberia) Boev, Z.N. (2001). Early Pliocene avifauna from Muselievo (C Northern Bulgaria). Acta zoologica Cracoviensia, 44(1). Pliocene Birds - North America Becker, J.J. (1986). Fossil Birds of the Oreana Local Fauna (Blancan), Owyhee County, Idaho. Great Basin Naturalist, Vol.46, Number 4. Brodkorb, P. (1958). Birds from the Middle Pliocene of McKay, Oregon. The Condor, Vol.60. Chandler, R.M. (1990). II. Fossil Birds of the San Diego Formation, Late Pliocene, Blancan, San Diego County, California. In: Recent Advances in the Study of Neogene Fossil Birds. Ornithological Mongraphs Number 44, American Ornithologists Union. Emslie, S.D. (1998). Avian Community, Climate, and Sea Level Changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida Peninsula. Ornithological Monographs, Number 50. Feduccia, A. (1967). Avian Fossils from the Lower Pliocene of Kansas. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology - University of Michigan, Number 655. Miller, A.H. and R.I. Bowman (1956). Fossil Birds of the Late Pliocene of Cita Canyon, Texas. The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 68:1. Miller, L.H. (1944). Some Pliocene Birds from Oregon and Idaho. The Condor, Vol.46. Miller, L.H. (1931). Bird Remains from the Kern River Pliocene of California.The Condor, Vol.XXXIII. Miller, L.H. and R.I. Bowman (1958). Further Bird Remains from the San Diego Pliocene. Contributions in Science - Los Angeles County Museum, Number 20. Pliocene Birds - South America/Central America/Caribbean Hoffmeister, M.C., J.D. Carillo Briceno and S.N. Nielsen (2014). The Evolution of Seabirds in the Humboldt Current: New Clues from the Pliocene of Central Chile. PLoS ONE, 9(3). Howard, H. (1971). Pliocene Avian Remains from Baja California. Contributions in Science - Los Angeles County Museum, Number 217. Pleistocene Birds Pleistocene Birds - Africa/Middle East Louchart, A. (2008). Fossil Birds of the Kibish Formation. Journal of Human Evolution, 55. Pleistocene Birds - Australia/New Zealand Baird, R.F. (1985). Avian Fossils from Quaternary Deposits in 'Green Waterhole Cave', South-eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 37(6). Worthy, T.H. and J.A. Grant-Mackie (2003). Late-Pleistocene avifaunas from Cape Wanbrow, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vol.33, Number 1. Pleistocene Birds - Europe (including Greenland and Siberia) Bedetti, C. (2001). Update Middle Pleistocene fossil birds data from Quartaccio quarry (Vitinia, Roma, Italy). The World of Elephants International Congress. Boev, Z. (2006). Early Pleistocene avifauna of Kunino (NW Bulgaria). Historia naturalis bulgarica, 17. Pavia, M. (2001). 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Mid-Pleistocene Birds from Western Nebraska, Including a New Species of Sheldgoose. The Condor, 72. Steadman, D.W. (2005). Late Pleistocene Birds from Kingston Saltpeter Cave, Southern Appalachian Mountains, Georgia. Bull.Fla.Mus.Nat.Hist., 45(4). Woolfenden, G.E. (1959). A Pleistocene Avifauna from Rock Spring, Florida. The Wilson Bulletin, Vol.71, Number 2. Pleistocene Birds - South America/Central America/Caribbean Alvarez, R. (1977). A Pleistocene Avifauna from Jalisco, Mexico. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology - University of Michigan, Vol. 24, Number 19. Arredondo, O. (1976). The Great Predatory Birds of the Pleistocene of Cuba. In: Collected Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring the 90th Birthday of Alexander Wetmore. Olsen, S.L. (ed.). Brodkorb, P. (1959). Pleistocene Birds from New Providence Island, Bahamas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Vol.4, Number 11. Corona-M, E. (2002). The Pleistocene bird record of Mexico. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 45(Special Issue). Howard, H. (1969). Avian Fossils from Three Pleistocene Sites in Central Mexico. Contributions in Science - Los Angeles County Museum. Number 172. Steadman, D.W., et al. (1994). New Information on the Late Pleistocene Birds from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.The Condor, Vol.96, Number 3. General Pleistocene Birds Fox-Dobbs, K., et al. (2006). Dietary controls on extinction versus survival among avian megafauna in the late Pleistocene. Geology, Vol.34, Number 8. Grayson, D.K. (1977). Pleistocene Avifauna and the Overkill Hypothesis. Science, New Series, Vol.195, Number 4279. Tyrberg, T. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction - an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos, Vol.7. Miscellaneous Aves Miscellaneous Aves - Africa/Middle East Olson, S.L. (1975). Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, Number 23. Rando, J.C. (2002). New Data of Fossil Birds from El Hierro (Canary Islands): Probable Causes of Extinction and Some Biogeographical Considerations. Ardeola, 49(1). Sánchez Marco, A. (2010). New Data and an Overview of the Past Avifaunas from the Canary Islands. Ardeola, 57(1). Miscellaneous Aves - Antarctica Chavez, M. (2007). Fossil Birds of Chile and Antarctic Peninsula. Arquivos do Museo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Vol.65, Number 4. Glenny, F.H. (1954). Antarctica as a Center of Origin for Birds. Ohio Journal of Science, 54(5). Tambussi, C.P. and C. Acosta Hospitaleche (2007). Antarctic Birds (Neornithes) During the Cretaceous-Eocene Times. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, 62(4). Miscellaneous Aves - Asia/Malaysia/Pacific Islands Balouet, J.C. and S.L. Olsen (1989). Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Number 469. Hou, L. (2001). Mesozoic Birds of China. Phoenix Valley Provincial Aviary of Taiwan. Hou, L., et al. (1995). 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