Diversity, 2023 We provide a new study of previously published eurhinodelphinid materials from the early Miocene of Piedmont (NW Italy) based on a new preparation of the fossil specimens. We studied specimens previously assigned to Tursiops miocaenus and Dalpiazella sp.
Vera Tosetto +5 more
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Braincase anatomy of the Paleocene crocodyliform Rhabdognathus revealed through high resolution computed tomography [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Dyrosaurids were highly specialized, largely marine, relatives of living crocodylians, and one of the few archosaur lineages to survive the K-Pg extinction.
Arthur Erb, Alan H. Turner
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Paleoneuroanatomy of the European lambeosaurine dinosaur Arenysaurus ardevoli [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 The neuroanatomy of hadrosaurid dinosaurs is well known from North America and Asia. In Europe only a few cranial remains have been recovered that include the braincase.
P Cruzado-Caballero +3 more
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From Smart Apes to Human Brain Boxes. A Uniquely Derived Brain Shape in Late Hominins Clade
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Modern humans have larger and more globular brains when compared to other primates. Such anatomical features are further reflected in the possession of a moderately asymmetrical brain with the two hemispheres apparently rotated counterclockwise and slid ...
Marina Melchionna +11 more
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A fresh look at Cladarosymblema narrienense, a tetrapodomorph fish (Sarcopterygii: Megalichthyidae) from the Carboniferous of Australia, illuminated via X-ray tomography [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background The megalichthyids are one of several clades of extinct tetrapodomorph fish that lived throughout the Devonian–Permian periods. They are advanced “osteolepidid-grade” fishes that lived in freshwater swamp and lake environments, with some taxa ...
Alice M. Clement +5 more
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The first virtual cranial endocast of a lungfish (sarcopterygii: dipnoi).
PLoS ONE, 2014 Lungfish, or dipnoans, have a history spanning over 400 million years and are the closest living sister taxon to the tetrapods. Most Devonian lungfish had heavily ossified endoskeletons, whereas most Mesozoic and Cenozoic lungfish had largely ...
Alice M Clement, Per E Ahlberg
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Macroscopic distribution of the renal artery and intrarenal arteries in mole rats (Spalax leucodon)
Veterinární Medicína, 2014 A study was conducted of the kidneys of adult mole rats (Spalax leucodon) to describe the macro- and mesoscopic morphology of the renal arterial distribution and some additional anatomical features. The kidneys of the mole rat lay alongside the vertebral
A. Yoldas, A. Aydin, R. Ilgun
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Digital Endocasting in Comparative Canine Brain Morphology
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Computed tomography (CT) is one of the most useful techniques for digitizing bone structures and making endocranial models from the neurocranium. The resulting digital endocasts reflect the morphology of the brain and the associated structures. Our first
Kálmán Czeibert +5 more
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Paleoneuroanatomy of the aetosaur Neoaetosauroides engaeus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its paleobiological implications among archosauriforms [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The paleoneuroanatomy of pseudosuchian archosaurs is poorly known, based on direct examination of the internal morphology of braincases and a few artificial endocasts.
M. Belen von Baczko +2 more
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Diversity, 2020 The shape of the brain influences skull morphology in birds, and both traits are driven by phylogenetic and functional constraints. Studies on avian cranial and neuroanatomical evolution are strengthened by data on extinct birds, but complete, 3D ...
Catherine M. Early +2 more
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