Paleogene Fossil Birds - Mayr, Gerald; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Stratigraphy and major fossil localities -- Higher-level phylogeny of extant birds -- Mesozoic Neornithes -- Palaeognathous birds -- Galloanseres -- Aquatic and semiaquatic taxa -- Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) -- "Core-Gruiformes" (Rails, Cranes, and Allies) -- Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos) and Podicipediformes (grebes) -- Columbiformes (doves and sandgrouse), Cuculiformes (cuckoos), and other neoavian taxa of uncertain affinities -- "Caprimulgiformes" and Apodiformes (Nightjars and Allies, Swifts, and Hummingbirds) -- Cariamae (seriemas and allies) -- "Falconiformes" (Diurnal Birds of Prey) -- Strigiformes (owls) -- Arboreal birds -- Paleogene avifaunas â€" synopsis of general aspects.
Keywords: Evolutionary biology; Paleontology .; Animal systematics; Animal taxonomy; Zoology; Vertebrates; Evolutionary Biology; Paleontology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Zoology; Vertebrates