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German palaeontologist
Gerald Mayr is a German palaeontologist who is Curator of Ornithology at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse. He has published
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the species Calidris janossyi Kessler (2009) to the genus Ortyxelos. Gerald Mayr and Zbigniew M. Bochenski,(2016) describe a disarticulated postcranial
2016 in archosaur paleontology
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Species of bird in South America
from the Tremembé Formation of São Paulo, Brazil. It was first named by Gerald Mayr, Herculano Alvarenga and Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2011 and the type
Hoatzin
1007/bf03042769. S2CID 62901085. Gerald Mayr (2004). "Pseudasturides n. gen., a Replacement Name for the Stam Group Parrot Pseudastur Mayr 1998 (Preoccupied by Pseudastur
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Clade of birds
106259. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106259. Retrieved 10 November 2025. Mayr, Gerald (2011). "Metaves, Mirandornithes, Strisores and other novelties – a critical
Aequornithes
Bibcode:2000Ostri..71..318G. doi:10.1080/00306525.2000.9639941. S2CID 83685435. Gerald Mayr (2000). "Charadriiform Birds from the Early Oligocene of Céreste (France)
2000_in_paleontology
Extinct genus of birds
Formation of the Sanshui Basin, near Foshan. It was first named by Min Wang, Gerald Mayr, Jiangyong Zhang and Zhonghe Zhou in 2011 and the type species is Sanshuiornis
Sanshuiornis
Family of birds
hdl:11336/80002. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 20627072. Jorge I. Noriega; Gerald Mayr (2017). "The systematic affinities of the putative seriema Noriegavis
Seriema
Extinct genus of birds
analyses due to the fragmentary nature of the holotype. Notably, in 2014, Gerald Mayr suggested that Austinornis is a non-neornithine from the Coniacian or
Austinornis
Extinct genus of birds
inexpectatus is Latin for "unexpected", indicative of the surprise felt by Gerald Mayr and his team when they discovered a modern-type fossil hummingbird in
Eurotrochilus
Bibcode:2001Natur.409..181N. doi:10.1038/35051563. PMID 11196639. S2CID 4377596. Gerald Mayr; Richard Smith (2001). "Ducks, Rails and Limicoline Waders (Aves: Anseriformes
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Extinct genus of birds
Member in 2016 by Love. In 2019, Protodontopteryx ruthae was described by Gerald Mayr, Vanesa L. De Pietri, Leigh Love, Al Mannering, and Richard Paul Scofield
Protodontopteryx
Species of bird
Oligocene deposits in the Mainz basin, Germany, and was described in 2006 by Gerald Mayr. The genus name Pandion derives from Pandíōn Πανδίων, the mythical Greek
Osprey
Extinct genus of birds
Republic. It was described by Gerald Mayr and Růžena Gregorová in 2012, and is the only species in the family Picavidae. Gerald Mayr and Růžena Gregorová (2012)
Picavus
Extinct genus of birds
Miocene. It was described by Gerald Mayr in 2010, from a humerus. The type species is Rhenanorallus rhenanus. Gerald Mayr (2010). "Mousebirds (Coliiformes)
Rhenanorallus
Extinct genus of birds
Formation in Wyoming. Highly fragmentary, the genus is poorly defined and Gerald Mayr proposed in 2016 that it represent a junior synonym of Paragrus prentici
Eogeranoides
Extinct genus of birds
New Zealand. The type species, S. rosieae, was named and described by Gerald Mayr in 2018. The holotype is CM 2016.6.1, and Sequiwaimanu is the fourth
Sequiwaimanu
Birds from the order Strigiformes
PMID 25504713. Kuhl, Heiner; Frankl-Vilches, Carolina; Bakker, Antje; Mayr, Gerald; Nikolaus, Gerhard; Boerno, Stefan T; Klages, Sven; Timmermann, Bernd;
Owl
Family of birds
wrist joint which are used to climb among the branches of the nest tree. Gerald Mayr and Vanesa L. De Pietri (2014). "Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric
Opisthocomidae
Surname list
mathematician Evelyn Mayr (born 1989), Italian tennis player Georg Mayr (1564–1623), Bavarian Jesuit priest and Hebrew grammarian Gerald Mayr, German paleontologist
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121L. doi:10.1127/pala/272/2005/121. hdl:2318/80202. S2CID 231030093. Gerald Mayr (2005). "A New Eocene Chascacocolius-like Mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes)
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Extinct family of sea birds
Linnean Society. 170 (3): 467–493. doi:10.1111/zoj.12072. ISSN 1096-3642. Mayr, Gerald; Goedert, James L.; Vogel, Olaf (2015-07-04). "Oligocene plotopterid
Plotopteridae
Genus of protostrigid owl
Mongolia. In 2016, Gerald Mayr described E. gulottai from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation in Virginia. However, in 2022, Mayr, alongside Andrew C
Eostrix
Extinct family of birds
second toes as well as a widened medial condyle of the tibiotarsus. Gerald Mayr (1 April 2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media
Protostrigidae
Extinct genus of birds
Vastanavis was at least semi-zygodactyl, and most likely arboreal. Mayr, Gerald; Rana, Rajendra S.; Sahni, Ashok; Smith, Thierry (2007). "Oldest fossil
Vastanavis
Extinct family of birds
the Eocene aged Green River Formation in the western United States by Gerald Mayr in 2000, with indeterminate similar remains also being noted from the
Messelasturidae
Extinct genus of birds
from the Tremembé Formation of São Paulo, Brazil. It was first named by Gerald Mayr, Herculano Alvarenga and Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2011 and the type
Hoazinavis
Extinct genus of birds
species is Avolatavis tenens. Gerald Mayr and Andrew C. Kitchener described the second species, A. europaeus, in 2023. Mayr and Kitchener assigned Avolatavis
Avolatavis
Extinct bird species
permanently accessioned as specimen NTUM-VP 241105. In 2026, Yong-Jie Lan, Gerald Mayr, and Cheng-Hsiu Tsai described Pavo miejue as a new species of the peafowl
Pavo_miejue
Extinct family of birds
variety of species at various sizes, from the Eocene to the Miocene. Gerald Mayr (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds Olson, Storrs L. (1985): Section X.A.I
Bathornithidae
Family of birds
early Paleocene, around 60 million years ago. The German palaeontologist Gerald Mayr has questioned the validity of these early dates and suggested that inappropriate
Laridae
Small extinct bird of prey
It contains one species, Aviraptor longicrus. It was named in 2020 by Gerald Mayr and Jørn Hurum based on a single nearly complete specimen. The genus
Aviraptor
Family of bird
more rail-like in its proportions. In the paper describing the fossil, Gerald Mayr suggested that it was similar to the stem species of the Grues (the cranes
Aramidae
Extinct genus of birds
Archaeodromus. Both species and genus were described in 2021 by Gerald Mayr. Mayr, Gerald (November 2021). "An early Eocene fossil from the British London
Archaeodromus
Order of birds
time' perspective". scientificamerican.com. Retrieved 12 April 2018. Gerald Mayr, Exceptionally preserved plant parenchyma in the digestive tract indicates
Cariamiformes
Extinct genus of birds
was described by Gerald Mayr in 2010, from an incomplete tarsometatarsus. The type species is Mogontiacopsitta miocaena. Gerald Mayr (2010). "Mousebirds
Mogontiacopsitta
Clade of birds
analyses due to the fragmentary nature of the holotype. Notably, in 2014, Gerald Mayr suggested that Austinornis is a non-neornithine from the Coniacian or
Pangalliformes
Extinct genus of birds
it seems more primitive in other features. It was first described by Gerald Mayr and Albrecht Manegold in 2006. A 2024 study found strong support for
Wieslochia
Extinct genus of birds
related to the hoatzin from late Eocene (about 36 mya) deposits of France. Gerald Mayr and Vanesa L. De Pietri (2014). "Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric
Protoazin
Extinct family of flightless birds
the family, Bathornis, according to a 2016 analysis by paleontologist Gerald Mayr, who noted that Bathornis was more lightly built, with longer limbs proportionally
Phorusrhacidae
Extinct genus of birds
a possible phorusrhacid instead. In 2009, the German paleontologist Gerald Mayr suggested that both D.? cotei and E. helveticus are neognaths and they
Eleutherornis
Extinct owl genus
Ypresiglaux was described as a new genus in 2022 by German zoologist Gerald Mayr and British zoologist Andrew C. Kitchener. The generic name, Ypresiglaux
Ypresiglaux
eLife. 8 e43789. doi:10.7554/eLife.43789. PMC 6516837. PMID 31084702. Gerald Mayr; Alan J. D. Tennyson (2019). "A small, narrow-beaked albatross from the
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Order of birds
S2CID 52818555. Mayr, Gerald (2022), "Phaethontiformes and Aequornithes: The Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Neaovian Taxa", in Mayr, Gerald (ed.), Paleogene
Eurypygiformes
Extinct genus of birds
Mourer-Chauviré in 2003 and the type species is Namibiavis senutae. Gerald Mayr; Herculano Alvarenga; Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2011). "Out of Africa:
Namibiavis
Ciencias Naturales. Nueva Series. 9 (1): 41–47. doi:10.22179/REVMACN.9.363. Gerald Mayr (2007). "The Birds from the Paleocene Fissure Filling of Walbeck (Germany)"
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Extinct bird genus
belgica and Boutersemia parvula, both of which were described in 2001 by Gerald Mayr and Richard Smith based on fragmentary remains. Morphological comparisons
Boutersemia
original (PDF) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2015-04-16. Jorge I. Noriega; Gerald Mayr (2017). "The systematic affinities of the putative seriema Noriegavis
2009 in archosaur paleontology
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Extinct genus of birds
Eocene deposits of Wyoming". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 30: 57–69. Gerald Mayr (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds "Sistemática y Filogenia de las Aves Fororracoideas
Bathornis
Scientific study of bird evolution and fossil birds
Bradley C. Livezey, Gareth J. Dyke, Luis M. Chiappe, Gerald Mayr and David Steadman. Mayr, Gerald (2007). "The renaissance of avian paleontology and its
Paleornithology
Extinct genus of birds
Greensand. The fossils were studied by a New Zealand and German team, led by Gerald Mayr of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum. He
Kumimanu
03.2017.3062. hdl:11336/184065. S2CID 83814434. Fiann M. Smithwick; Gerald Mayr; Evan T. Saitta; Michael J. Benton; Jakob Vinther (2017). "On the purported
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Extinct genus of birds
environments. It was found in the lake that would become the Messel Pit. Mayr, G. (2002). "A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of
Masillastega
doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.641704. S2CID 85308803. Vanesa L. De Pietri; Gerald Mayr (2012). "An assessment of the diversity of early Miocene Scolopaci (Aves
2012 in archosaur paleontology
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Family of birds of prey
find another mate the next breeding season. List of Accipitriformes Mayr, Gerald; Smith, Thierry (2019-03-22). "A diverse bird assemblage from the Ypresian
Accipitridae
Extinct genus of birds
Parvigrus pohli was a chicken sized relative of the cranes and the limpkin. Mayr, Gerald (2005). "A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of
Parvigrus
Extinct genus of phaethontiform bird
Protodontopteryx, also one of the oldest representatives of its order. Mayr, Gerald; De Pietri, Vanesa L.; Love, Leigh; Mannering, Al; Crouch, Erica; Reid
Clymenoptilon
Species of bird
more rail-like in its proportions. In the paper describing the fossil, Gerald Mayr suggested that it was similar to the stem species of the grues (the cranes
Limpkin
S2CID 18212799. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2010. Gerald Mayr: Gastornithidae. In: Gerald Mayr: Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer-Verlag, Berlin und
Largest_prehistoric_animals
Extinct genus of birds
least pending a more detailed comparison of all gastornithids. In 2024, Gerald Mayr and colleagues argued against the synonymy of Diatryma with Gastornis
Gastornis
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. pp. 103–122. ISBN 978-3-902421-82-1. Gerald Mayr (2013). "Late Oligocene mousebird converges on parrots in skull morphology"
2013 in archosaur paleontology
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Lethaea. 84 (1–2): 303–315. doi:10.1007/bf03043473. S2CID 84323461. Gerald Mayr; Ursula B. Göhlich (2004). "A New Parrot from the Miocene of Germany
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Extinct family of birds
suborder of the Gruiformes, but they are now classified as Cariamiformes. Gerald Mayr: Paleogene Fossil Birds, Springer, 2009, ISBN 978-3540896272 v t e v
Idiornithidae
Australian Museum. 62 (1): 89–104. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1542. Gerald Mayr (2010). "Mousebirds (Coliiformes), parrots (Psittaciformes), and other
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Family of birds
had not been securely identifiable as those of hummingbirds. In 2004, Gerald Mayr identified two 30-million-year-old hummingbird fossils. The fossils of
Hummingbird
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8018-6763-7. Fiann M. Smithwick; Gerald Mayr; Evan T. Saitta; Michael J. Benton; Jakob Vinther (2017). "On the purported
Sinosauropteryx
Extinct genus of dinosaurs
It was described as a vegaviid, although the German paleontologist Gerald Mayr suggested that the coracoid more closely resembles that of the Procellariiformes
Maaqwi
Extinct family of seabirds
00798.x. Mayr, Gerald (2009): Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg & New York. ISBN 3-540-89627-9 Preview at Google Books Mayr, Gerald; Hazevoet
Pelagornithidae
Bibcode:2020JSPal..18.1805W. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1836050. S2CID 229320421. Gerald Mayr; Alan J. D. Tennyson (2020). "A small, narrow-beaked albatross from the
2020 in archosaur paleontology
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Extinct family of birds
P. (2004) Miller, G. H. et al. (1999) Roberts, R. G. et al. (2001) Gerald Mayr, Paleogene Fossil Birds, 2009[page needed] McInerney, P. L.; Blokland
Dromornithidae
(PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 15: 70–90. Gerald Mayr (2014). "A hoatzin fossil from the middle Miocene of Kenya documents
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29 (3–4): 51–57. doi:10.52321/GeolBalc.29.3-4.51. S2CID 255877416. Mayr, Gerald (1999). "Caprimulgiform Birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen
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Extinct genus of birds
Evolution. 23 (6): 1144–1155. doi:10.1093/molbev/msj124. PMID 16533822. Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018)
Waimanu
Extinct genus of birds
early Miocene seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis (Aves, Cariamidae). Gerald Mayr (2016). "Osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the middle Eocene North
Paracrax
Extinct family of birds
Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2016. Gerald Mayr, Paleogene Fossil Birds Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [1] Haaramo, Mikko
Lithornithidae
Extinct genus of Plotopteridae
of Washington. In 2016, those remains were identified by Goedert and Gerald Mayr as belonging to a new genus and species of plotopterid, which they named
Olympidytes
Polissya and adjacent areas. Nizhyn Gogol State University. pp. 158–163. Gerald Mayr; Evgenij Zvonok (2011). "Middle Eocene Pelagornithidae and Gaviiformes
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Birds living in the maritime environment
birds are generally not considered to be seabirds. German ornithologist Gerald Mayr defined the "core waterbird" clade Aequornithes in 2010. This lineage
Seabird
Extinct species of bird
4202/app.00011.2013. hdl:11336/41730 – via BioOne. Jorge I. Noriega; Gerald Mayr (2017). "The systematic affinities of the putative seriema Noriegavis
Miocariama
Extinct genus of American flightless birds
specimens collected by Goedert in the Makah Formation. In 2015, Goedert, Gerald Mayr and Olaf Vogel speculated that the remains associated with Tonsala buchanani
Klallamornis
Extinct genus of mammals
Retrieved 2008-01-23. Walking with monsters Morlo, Michael; Stephan Schaal, Gerald Mayr & Christina Seiffert (2004). "An annotated taxonomic list of the Middle
Leptictidium
Extinct genus of birds
in 1984. This specimen was described as Pristeanis minor in 2024 by Gerald Mayr and Andrew Kitchener. Also referred to Pristineanis was NMS.Z.2021.40
Pristineanis
Evolution. 15 (3): 609–618. doi:10.1007/s13127-015-0209-7. S2CID 18198929. Gerald Mayr (2015). "Skeletal morphology of the middle Eocene swift Scaniacypselus
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Extinct genus of psittacopedid birds
material was published by German paleontologist Gerald Mayr and Michael Daniels in 1998. In 2022, Gerald Mayr and British zoologist Andrew C. Kitchener described
Psittacomimus
Extinct genus of birds
analysis conducted by Mayr (2015) recovered it as more closely related to the passerines and the extinct family Zygodactylidae. Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew
Psittacopes
Extinct genus of birds
partial sternum, right coracoid, scapula, furcula, and pygostyle. In 2022, Gerald Mayr and Andrew C. Kitchener described Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides, a new
Danielsraptor
Species of bird
(0.55 in) and the metacarpus 0.8 cm (0.31 in). German palaeontologist Gerald Mayr likens the fossil to the Sylphornithidae, described as small, long-legged
Palaegithalus
Extinct genus of birds
remains showed that it was more similar to the modern rhea. According to Gerald Mayr, Diogenornis is best considered a stem-group member of the Rheidae. However
Diogenornis
Extinct genus of birds
Hemisphere". Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club (Cambridge, MA) Gerald Mayr, The Birds from the Paleocene Fissure Filling of Walbeck (Germany), Journal
Lithornis
German palaeontologist
for bipedalism that lived 11.6 million years ago. In 2022, alongside Gerald Mayr and Thomas Lechner, Böhme described Allgoviachen tortonica, a new genus
Madelaine_Böhme
Extinct family of birds
doi:10.1007/s13358-016-0117-2. S2CID 87692869. Gerald Mayr (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds Mayr, Gerald (2019). "Hindlimb morphology of Palaeotis suggests
Geranoididae
Extinct genus of birds
S2CID 155704891. Martin Stervander; Guangji Chen (陈光霁); Shaohong Feng (冯少鸿); Gerald Mayr (3 July 2025). "Nesotrochidae, fam. nov. ‒ a new name for the New World
Adzebill
Clade of birds
Sangster, George; Braun, Edward L.; Johansson, Ulf S.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Mayr, Gerald; Suh, Alexander (2022-01-01). "Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level
Australaves
Extinct genus of birds
small Middle Eaocene ostrich (Aves: Struthioniformes) Gerald Mayr, Paleogene Fossil Birds Mayr, Gerald (2019). "Hindlimb morphology of Palaeotis suggest palaeognathous
Palaeotis
Extinct genus of birds
Eocene) of Denmark. Sara Bertelli; Bent E. K. Lindow; Gareth J. Dyke; Gerald Mayr (2013). "Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark"
Scandiavis
Extinct genus of birds
Sheppey London Clay. This specimen – SMNK-PAL 4017 – was studied by Gerald Mayr at the Senckenberg Museum. He determined that all the large seabird bones
Dasornis
Extinct genus of birds
that Confuciusornis was precocial. A 2018 study by Charles Deeming and Gerald Mayr measured the size of the pelvic canal of various Mesozoic birds including
Confuciusornis
Extinct genus of Plotopteridae
to Suliformes based on their shared similarities with plotopterids, Gerald Mayr noted that the tarsometatarsus of Phocavis shared similarities with that
Phocavis
Extinct genus of Plotopteridae
sediments from the Pysht Formation, were described by Gerald Mayr, Goedert and Olaf Vogel. In 2016, Mayr and Goedert referred two additional specimens from
Tonsala
German paleontologist and ornithologist
there in 1979. His successor as curator at the Senckenberg Museum is Gerald Mayr. In 1996, he was the first to describe the bird species Kurzzehen-Kleibervanga
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