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Albrecht Manegold

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Albrecht Manegold (born 1973 in Mannheim[1]) is a German ornithologist and paleontologist. He is the curator of the vertebrate collection at the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe. He is known for contributions to the study of early passerine evolution. He has described extinct passerines and piciformes including the fossil treecreeper Certhia rummeli and the fossil woodpecker Australopicus nelsonmandelai.

Education and career

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Manegold studied biology at the Free University of Berlin.[2] He completed his PhD thesis in 2005, on the phylogeny and evolution of the Coraciiformes (kinfishers, bee-eaters and allies), Piciformes (woodpeckers and allies), and Passeriformes (perching birds).[3] He worked at Senckenberg Research Institute. He is presently the curator of the vertebrate collection of the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, with research focus on fossil birds of the Maghreb and South Africa and paleornithological reconstruction.[4]

Manegold described the extinct treecreeper Certhia rummeli from a fossilized right tarsometatarsus found in karstic fissure fillings in Petersbuch, Bavaria.[5] The fossil woodpecker Australopicus nelsonmandelai, found at the Langebaanweg fossil site in South Africa, and representing the oldest known woodpecker in Africa, was described and named by Manegold for South African president Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday.[6][7][8]

Awards

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  • 2007: Bernhard Rensch Prize for his dissertation work on phylogeny and evolution of Coraciiformes, Piciformes, and Passeriformes.[9]
  • 2008: Maria Koepcke Prize for his work in creating a new classification system of passerine birds based on morphological characteristics in bone structure, clarifying relationships within living birds and allowing for assignment of extinct representatives of extant families.[10]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Nova Acta Leopoldina" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Manegold, Albrecht (1 April 2004). "The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany". Naturwissenschaften. 91 (4): 173–177. Bibcode:2004NW.....91..173M. doi:10.1007/s00114-004-0509-9. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 15085274. S2CID 31582847. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ Mayr, Gerald (October 2005). "SOCIETY OF AVIAN PALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION | Newsletter nº 19" (PDF). Society of Avian Paleontology: 1–12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Dr. Albrecht Manegold, Dipl.-Biol. | Kurator Wirbeltiere". Kulturkundemuseum Karlsruhe (in German). Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ Manegold 2008a.
  6. ^ "Woodpecker fossil named for Mandela on eve of his birthday". phys.org. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ Manegold, Albrecht; Louchart, Antoine (2012). "Biogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications of a new woodpecker species (Aves, Picidae) from the early Pliocene of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (4): 926–938. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..926M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.664597. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 85421020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Unusual accolade for Mandela". News24. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ "GfBS: Preisträger des Bernhard-Rensch Preises der GfBS". Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik. 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  10. ^ Quaisser, Christiane, ed. (2008). "Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft | Bericht über die 141. Jahresversammlung 1. – 6. Oktober 2008 in Bremen". Vogelwarte (in German). 46 (4): 247–392.