All Stories

  1. Fossil birds from the Roof of the World: The first avian fauna from High Asia and its implications for late Quaternary environments in Eastern Pamir

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2021, PLOS

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  2. A swan-sized anseriform bird from the late Paleocene of Mongolia

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  3. The first fossil parrot (Aves, Psittaciformes) from Siberia and its implications for the historical biogeography of Psittaciformes

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, October 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  4. A new species of Aegypius vulture from the early Pliocene of Moldova is the earliest unequivocal evidence of Aegypiinae in Europe

    Article • PalZ, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  5. Three bird taxa (Aves: Anatidae, Phasianidae, Scolopacidae) from the Late Miocene of the Sea of Azov (Southwestern Russia)

    Article • PalZ, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  6. A confuciusornithiform (Aves, Pygostylia)-like tarsometatarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Siberia and a discussion of the evolution of avian hind limb musculature

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  7. Avian Remains from Marmot Cave, A New Site in the North‐West Altai, Siberia

    Article • International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  8. Cenozoic phoenicopteriform birds from central Asia

    Article • Paleontological Journal, December 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  9. The phylogenetic position of Ambiortus: Comparison with other Mesozoic birds from Asia

    Article • Paleontological Journal, December 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  10. Contribution to the field of avian paleontology by Evgeny Kurochkin (Introduction to the special issue)

    Article • Paleontological Journal, December 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  11. Zoological problems of Quaternary paleornithology

    Article • Зоологический журнал, January 2013, Akademizdatcenter Nauka

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  12. The faunal composition and taphonomic analysis of bird remains from Marmot cave (Northwestern Altai, Siberia)

    Article • Зоологический журнал, January 2013, Akademizdatcenter Nauka

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  13. Neogene geese and ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from localities of the Great Lakes Depression, western Mongolia

    Article • Paleontological Journal, November 2012, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  14. A new duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia, with comments on Miocene evolution of ducks

    Article • Paleontological Journal, September 2012, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  15. Dabbling ducks (Aves: Anatidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia

    Article • Paleontological Journal, July 2012, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  16. The first representative Pliocene assemblages of passerine birds in Asia (Northern Mongolia and Russian Transbaikalia)

    Article • Geobios, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  17. Morphological hemiplasies in cladistic studies of phylogeny, with examples from birds

    Article • Biology Bulletin, December 2011, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  18. Ardea sytchevskayae sp. nov., a new heron species (Aves: Ardeidae) from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia

    Article • Paleontological Journal, September 2011, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  19. Synsacrum of a primitive bird from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan

    Article • Paleontological Journal, May 2011, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  20. Diving ducks from the Middle Miocene of western Mongolia

    Article • Paleontological Journal, March 2011, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  21. A new taxon of birds (Aves) from the Early Cretaceous of Western Siberia, Russia

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  22. Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 3. Genera Lophogallus gen. nov. and Syrmaticus

    Article • Paleontological Journal, May 2010, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  23. Phylogenetic analysis of some Neogene phasianid genera (Aves: Phasianidae)

    Article • Paleontological Journal, July 2009, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  24. Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 2. Genera Perdix, Plioperdix, and Bantamyx

    Article • Paleontological Journal, May 2009, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  25. New Specimens of Zygodactylid Birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel, with Description of a New Species of Primozygodactylus

    Article • Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, March 2009, Polska Akademia Nauk Instytut Paleobiologii (Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  26. Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 1. Genus Tologuica gen. nov.

    Article • Paleontological Journal, March 2009, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  27. THE FOSSIL RECORD AND EVOLUTION OF MOUSEBIRDS (AVES: COLIIFORMES)

    Article • Palaeontology, November 2008, Wiley

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  28. TWO NEW PARROTS (PSITTACIFORMES) FROM THE LOWER EOCENE FUR FORMATION OF DENMARK

    Article • Palaeontology, May 2008, Wiley

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov

  29. The structure and probable mechanism of evolutionary formation of the foot in piciform birds (Aves: Piciformes)

    Article • Paleontological Journal, May 2007, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Dr Nikita V. Zelenkov