Thomas Lechner

TL;DR: The fossil ape Danuvius guggenmosi (from the Allgäu region of Bavaria) is described, for which complete limb bones are preserved, which provides evidence of a newly identified form of positional behaviour—extended limb clambering in bipedalism and suspension climbing in the common ancestor of great apes and humans.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a partial skull of a very large crane from the early late Miocene (Tortonian) hominid locality Hammerschmiede in southern Germany, which is the oldest fossil record of the Gruinae.

TL;DR: In this paper, a partial skull and isolated horn core material of the boselaphin bovid Miotragocerus monacensis from the late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede in southern Germany was reported.

TL;DR: Fossils of the darter Anhinga pannonica Lambrecht, 1916 from two late Miocene avifaunas in Southern Germany represent the most comprehensive record of this species and includes most major postcranial elements except for the tarsometatarsus.

TL;DR: It is hypothesized that the dispersal event that led to the expansion of the genus in Europe seems to be correlated with the water connection between Paratethys and the Mesopotamian Basin during the Konkian, between 13.4 and 12.65 Ma.