A new genus of frogmouth (Podargidae) from the Solomon Islands – results from a taxonomic review of<i>Podargus ocellatus inexpectatus</i>Hartert 1901

Cleere, Nigel; Kratter, Andrew W.; Steadman, David W.; Braun, Michael J.; Huddleston, Christopher J.; Filardi, Christopher E.; Dutson, Guy

doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.2006.00626.x

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“…They are nocturnal birds with a very wide and massive beak, and the 12 extant species are classified in the taxa Podargus, Batrachostomus, and Rigidipenna (Holyoak 1999;Cleere et al 2007). The evolutionary history of frogmouths is not well known, but a few fossils from the Eocene of the Northern Hemisphere have been assigned to the group.…”

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Eocene fossils and the early evolution of frogmouths (Podargiformes): further specimens of Masillapodargus and a comparison with Fluvioviridavis

Mayr

2015

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New fossils of the podargiform Masillapodargus longipes are described from the early Eocene German fossil site Messel. Previously unreported skeletal details of this species confirm its assignment to Podargiformes (frogmouths), and especially the wing and pectoral girdle bones exhibit close similarities to crown group Podargiformes. Here, I show that the postcranial skeletal morphology of Masillapodargus is quite different from that of the early Eocene North American taxon Fluvioviridavis, for which podargiform affinities were recently proposed. With regard to the morphologies of the humerus and the coracoid, Fluvioviridavis more closely resembles Steatornithiformes (oilbirds). These may be plesiomorphic similarities, if Steatornithiformes and Podargiformes are sister taxa as recently suggested. Both podargiform affinities of Fluvioviridavis, as well as a sister group relationship between Podargiformes and Steatornithiformes, are, however, only weakly based. A well-founded classification of Fluvioviridavis depends on a better understanding of the basal divergences within extant Strisores, the clade including Bcaprimulgiform^and apodiform birds, which remain controversial.

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Eocene fossils and the early evolution of frogmouths (Podargiformes): further specimens of Masillapodargus and a comparison with Fluvioviridavis

Mayr

2015

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“…These islands have also been referred to as Northern Melanesia (Mayr & Diamond 2001). All of these major island systems have at least some endemic vertebrate taxa, and molecular analyses increasingly show that some of these endemics are genetically highly divergent (Cleere et al 2007;Skinner et al 2011;Strickland et al 2016). However, the origins of the majority of East Melanesian endemics remain untested using modern molecular phylogenetic methods.…”

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A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands

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Fisher

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The East Melanesian Islands have been a focal area for research into island biogeography and community ecology. However, previously undescribed and biogeographically significant new species endemic to this region continue to be discovered. Here we describe a phylogenetically distinct (~20% divergence at the mitochondrial ND2 gene) and biogeographically disjunct new species of gecko in the genus Gehyra, from the Admiralty and St Matthias Islands. Gehyra rohan sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by the combination of its very large size, ring of bright orange scales around the eye, moderate degree of lateral folding on the limbs and body, and aspects of head, body and tail scalation. Molecular data indicate mid to late Miocene divergence of the new species from nearest relatives occurring nearly 2000 kilometres away in Vanuatu and Fiji. Large Gehyra have not been recorded on the intervening large islands of the Bismark Archipelago (New Britain and New Ireland) and the Solomon Islands, suggesting this dispersal pre-dated the current configuration of these islands, extinction in intervening regions, or potentially elements of both. Conversely, low genetic divergence between disjunct samples on Manus and Mussau implies recent overseas dispersal via either natural or anthropogenic means.

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“…In Podargus , but not in the other frogmouth genera Batrachostomus and Rigidipenna (Cleere et al., ), a complete, perfectly ossified cross‐bridge ascends from the squamosal wall of the braincase to about the mid‐length of PP (Figure a). The bridge is present in all specimens of the smallest Podargus strigoides phalaenoides , larger Podargus strigoides strigoides, and the largest Podargus papuensis .…”

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Multiple origins of secondary temporal fenestrae and orbitozygomatic junctions in birds

Elżanowski

Mayr

2017

J Zool Syst Evol Res

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Orbitozygomatic junctions (bony connections between the postorbital and zygomatic processes) and secondary temporal fenestrae have long been known to occur in a few avian species, but no comprehensive study of this phenomenon has ever been published. Having surveyed all non‐passerine and most passerine families, we established that the orbitozygomatic junction evolved 18–20 times independently in Cracidae, Phasianoidea (Odontophoridae and Phasianidae), Gastornis, Columbidae (three times), Pteroclidae (Syrrhaptes), Aptornis, Thinocoridae (Thinocorus), Scolopacidae (possibly twice), Ciconiidae (twice), Brachypteraciidae (Uratelornis), Picidae (Picus spp.), Psittacidae (Melopsittacus), Cacatuidae, and Alaudidae (twice). The junction arises in evolution as a result of either elongation of the two processes that meet at angles or the appearance of a bony cross‐bridge in place of a ligament or aponeurosis. In the first case, the junction is initially non‐adaptive, as indicated by its extreme variation (e.g., in Cracinae and Ciconiidae), and may or may not prove functional as an exaptation. Whenever adaptive, the junction supports an expansion of the adductor mandibulae externus (primarily its pars media). In addition, a rostral extension of the tympanic wing has come to cross the temporal fossa in Strigidae (at least twice) and probably Podargus. Altogether, secondary bony connections across the temporal fossa evolved independently at least 21–23 times in neornithine birds.

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A new genus of frogmouth (Podargidae) from the Solomon Islands – results from a taxonomic review ofPodargus ocellatus inexpectatusHartert 1901

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Eocene fossils and the early evolution of frogmouths (Podargiformes): further specimens of Masillapodargus and a comparison with Fluvioviridavis

Eocene fossils and the early evolution of frogmouths (Podargiformes): further specimens of Masillapodargus and a comparison with Fluvioviridavis

A new biogeographically disjunct giant gecko (Gehyra: Gekkonidae: Reptilia) from the East Melanesian Islands

Multiple origins of secondary temporal fenestrae and orbitozygomatic junctions in birds

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