Gerald Mayr

Summary

Affiliation: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
    Jan Ole Kriegs
    Institute of Experimental Pathology ZMBE University of Münster, Von Esmarch Str, 56, D 48149 Munster, Germany
    BMC Evol Biol 7:190. 2007
  2. ncbi Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 98:961-6. 2011
  3. ncbi Bizarre tubercles on the vertebrae of Eocene fossil birds indicate an avian disease without modern counterpart
    Gerald Mayr
    Sektion Ornithologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 94:681-5. 2007
  4. ncbi A well-preserved Archaeopteryx specimen with theropod features
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Division of Ornithology, Senckenberganlage 25, D 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Science 310:1483-6. 2005
  5. ncbi The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, D 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 80:515-42. 2005
  6. ncbi A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 92:389-93. 2005
  7. ncbi Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Division of Ornithology, Senckenberganlage 25, D 60325 Frankfurt a M, Germany
    Science 304:861-4. 2004
  8. ncbi The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany
    Gerald Mayr
    Sektion Ornithologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 91:173-7. 2004
  9. ncbi Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 89:361-5. 2002
  10. ncbi Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils
    Per G P Ericson
    Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
    Biol Lett 2:543-7. 2006

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
    Jan Ole Kriegs
    Institute of Experimental Pathology ZMBE University of Münster, Von Esmarch Str, 56, D 48149 Munster, Germany
    BMC Evol Biol 7:190. 2007
    ..Ascertaining the fixation patterns of CR1 elements would help unravel the phylogeny of gamebirds and other poorly resolved avian clades...
  2. ncbi Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 98:961-6. 2011
    ..We detail that this distribution pattern is best explained by dispersal from Africa to South America, and that Opisthocomiformes provide the first example of transatlantic rafting among birds...
  3. ncbi Bizarre tubercles on the vertebrae of Eocene fossil birds indicate an avian disease without modern counterpart
    Gerald Mayr
    Sektion Ornithologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 94:681-5. 2007
    ..Their regular and symmetrical arrangement over most of the external vertebral surface indicates a systemic disorder caused by factors that do not affect extant birds, such as especially high-dosed phytohormones or extinct pathogens...
  4. ncbi A well-preserved Archaeopteryx specimen with theropod features
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Division of Ornithology, Senckenberganlage 25, D 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Science 310:1483-6. 2005
    ..In addition, the presence of a hyperextendible second toe blurs the distinction of archaeopterygids from basal deinonychosaurs (troodontids and dromaeosaurs) and challenges the monophyly of Aves...
  5. ncbi The Paleogene fossil record of birds in Europe
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, D 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 80:515-42. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 92:389-93. 2005
    ..Occurrence of stem lineage Grues in the Lower Oligocene of Europe is in concordance with the fact that there is no evidence for the presence of crown group members of modern avian "families" in pre-Oligocene fossil deposits...
  7. ncbi Old World fossil record of modern-type hummingbirds
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Division of Ornithology, Senckenberganlage 25, D 60325 Frankfurt a M, Germany
    Science 304:861-4. 2004
    ..They further suggest that bird-flower coevolution dates back to the early Oligocene and open another view on the origin of ornithophily in Old World plants...
  8. ncbi The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany
    Gerald Mayr
    Sektion Ornithologie, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 91:173-7. 2004
    ..It shows that there were earlier dispersal events of non-oscine songbirds into Europe before the arrival of Oscines from the Australian continental plate towards the late Oligocene...
  9. ncbi Bristle-like integumentary structures at the tail of the horned dinosaur Psittacosaurus
    Gerald Mayr
    Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Sektion Ornithologie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
    Naturwissenschaften 89:361-5. 2002
    ....
  10. ncbi Diversification of Neoaves: integration of molecular sequence data and fossils
    Per G P Ericson
    Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden
    Biol Lett 2:543-7. 2006
    ..Our results thus do not contradict palaeontological data and show that there is no solid molecular evidence for an extensive pre-Tertiary radiation of Neoaves...