<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

Published Online: Jul 14, 2016

Page range: 96 - 114

Received: Feb 18, 2016

Accepted: May 30, 2016

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

Keywords
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

Published Online: Jul 14, 2016

Page range: 96 - 114

Received: Feb 18, 2016

Accepted: May 30, 2016

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

Keywordspaleornithology, osteology, Paleogene, Neogene

© 2016

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

Keywords
paleornithology, osteology, Paleogene, Neogene