<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This paper presents the European fossil, subfossil and recent representatives of the Picidae family. Following the list of fossil and subfossil remains, the author analyzes and presents images of the osteological characteristics of the order’s 10 recent European species.</p><p>Skeletal parts that are usually present both in the fossil and subfossil material were examined (mandibula, coracoideum, scapula, humerus, ulna, metacarpus, the first phalanx of the second finger of the wing, femur, tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus and distal phalanx). The text is complemented with the bibliography concerning the fossilized material, tables and figures and a size chart.</p></abstract>

This paper presents the European fossil, subfossil and recent representatives of the Picidae family. Following the list of fossil and subfossil remains, the author analyzes and presents images of the osteological characteristics of the order’s 10 recent European species.Skeletal parts that are usually present both in the fossil and subfossil material were examined (mandibula, coracoideum, scapula, humerus, ulna, metacarpus, the first phalanx of the second finger of the wing, femur, tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus and distal phalanx). The text is complemented with the bibliography concerning the fossilized material, tables and figures and a size chart.

Picidae in the European fossil, subfossil and recent bird faunas and their osteological characteristics

Department of Paleontology, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/c, Hungary

Ornis Hungarica

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This paper presents the European fossil, subfossil and recent representatives of the Picidae family. Following the list of fossil and subfossil remains, the...

Picidae in the European fossil, subfossil and recent bird faunas and their osteological characteristics

Publié en ligne: 14 juil. 2016

Pages: 96 - 114

Reçu: 18 févr. 2016

Accepté: 30 mai 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2016-0006

Mots clés
paleornithology, osteology, Paleogene, Neogene

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Picidae in the European fossil, subfossil and recent bird faunas and their osteological characteristics

Publié en ligne: 14 juil. 2016

Pages: 96 - 114

Reçu: 18 févr. 2016

Accepté: 30 mai 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2016-0006

Mots cléspaleornithology, osteology, Paleogene, Neogene

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
paleornithology, osteology, Paleogene, Neogene