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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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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First virtual endocasts of adapiform primates [PDF]
Journal of Human Evolution, 2016 Well-preserved crania of notharctine adapiforms from the Eocene of North America provide the best direct evidence available for inferring neuroanatomy and encephalization in early euprimates (crown primates). Virtual endocasts of the notharctines Notharctus tenebrosus (n = 3) and Smilodectes gracilis (n = 4) from the middle Eocene Bridger formation of ...
Harrington, Arianna R +4 more
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New Remains of Scandiavis mikkelseni Inform Avian Phylogenetic Relationships and Brain Evolution
Diversity, 2021 Although an increasing number of studies are combining skeletal and neural morphology data in a phylogenetic context, most studies do not include extinct taxa due to the rarity of preserved endocasts.
Miriam Heingård +3 more
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Journal of Anatomy, 2020 AbstractEndocasts (i.e., replicas of the inner surface of the bony braincase) constitute a critical proxy for qualifying and quantifying variations in brain shape and organization in extinct taxa. In the absence of brain tissues preserved in the fossil record, endocasts provide the only direct evidence of brain evolution. However, debates on whether or
Dumoncel, Jean +8 more
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First endocranial description of a South American hadrosaurid: The neuroanatomy of Secernosaurus koerneri from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2018 The endocranial morphology of Secernosaurus koerneri (= Kritosaurus australis junior synonym), a hadrosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina, was studied using latex and digital endocasts based on three fragmentary braincases.
Marcos G. Becerra +3 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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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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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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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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