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Cranial evidence of avian phylogeny: new insights from fossils

2013/11/B/NZ8/04376

Keywords:

birds Aves skull cranial morphology phylogeny

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Andrzej Elżanowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 139 300 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-07-14

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-13

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Zestaw komputerowy do analiz 3D (17 000 PLN)
  2. Adobe CS6 Photoshop - licencja na 1 stanowisko (2 700 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. A coraciiform-like bird quadrate from the Early Eocene Tingamarra local fauna of Queensland, Australia
    Authors:
    Elzanowski, A. & Boles, W.
    Academic press:
    The Emu (rok: 2015, tom: 115, strony: 110–116), Wydawca: CSIRO
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1071/MU14084 - link to the publication
  2. Cranial morphology of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis.
    Authors:
    Elzanowski, A., Peters D.S., Mayr G.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (rok: 2018, tom: 38, strony: e1439832), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02724634.2018.1439832 - link to the publication
  3. Multiple origins of secondary temporal fenestrae and orbitozygomatic junctions in birds
    Authors:
    Elzanowski, A. & Mayr G.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (rok: 2018, tom: 56, strony: 248–269), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jzs.12196 - link to the publication
  4. A primitive heron (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Miocene of Central Asia
    Authors:
    Elzanowski, A. & Zelenkov N. V.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Ornithology (rok: 2015, tom: 156, strony: 837–846), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10336-015-1164-y - link to the publication