Automatic extraction of endocranial surfaces from CT images of crania. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 The authors present a method for extracting polygon data of endocranial surfaces from CT images of human crania. Based on the fact that the endocast is the largest empty space in the crania, we automate a procedure for endocast extraction by integrating ...
Takashi Michikawa +5 more
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Big Cat Coalitions: A comparative analysis of regional brain volumes in Felidae
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2016 Broad-based species comparisons across mammalian orders suggest a number of factors that might influence the evolution of large brains. However, the relationship between these factors and total and regional brain size remains unclear.
Sharleen T Sakai +4 more
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A New Titanosaurian Braincase from the Cretaceous "Lo Hueco" Locality in Spain Sheds Light on Neuroanatomical Evolution within Titanosauria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Despite continuous improvements, our knowledge of the neurocranial anatomy of sauropod dinosaurs as a whole is still poor, which is especially true for titanosaurians even though their postcranial remains are common in many Upper Cretaceous sites ...
Fabien Knoll +4 more
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The skull anatomy and cranial endocast of the pseudosuchid archosaur Prestosuchus chiniquensis from the Triassic of Brazil [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019 Prestosuchus chiniquensis is the most famous “rauisuchian” described by Friedrich von Huene, eight decades ago, and several specimens have been assigned to this taxon since then. In the present contribution, we provide the first detailed description of a
Bianca Martins Mastrantonio +3 more
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Endocranial anatomy of the ceratopsid dinosaur Triceratops and interpretations of sensory and motor function [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Triceratops is one of the well-known Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaurs. The ecology of Triceratops has been controversial because of its unique morphological features. However, arguments based on brain and inner ear structures have been scarce.
Rina Sakagami, Soichiro Kawabe
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The osteology of the basal archosauromorph Tasmaniosaurus triassicus from the Lower Triassic of Tasmania, Australia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Proterosuchidae are the most taxonomically diverse archosauromorph reptiles sampled in the immediate aftermath of the Permo-Triassic mass extinction and represent the earliest radiation of Archosauriformes (archosaurs and closely related species ...
Martín D Ezcurra
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Frontiers in Mammal ScienceWe extracted a digital cranial endocast from a high-resolution X-ray computed tomography scan of a specimen of the Late Cretaceous Mongolian multituberculate Kryptobaatar dashzevegi.
Thomas E. Macrini, Timothy Rowe
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DiversityPaleoneurological studies of mosasaurids are few and limited to old partial reconstructions made from latex casts on Platecarpus and Clidastes. Here, the brain endocasts of three specimens of the early mosasaurid Tethysaurus nopcsai from the Turonian of ...
Rémi Allemand +5 more
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Palaeoecological inferences for the fossil Australian snakes Yurlunggur and Wonambi (Serpentes, Madtsoiidae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Madtsoiids are among the most basal snakes, with a fossil record dating back to the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian). Most representatives went extinct by the end of the Eocene, but some survived in Australia until the Late Cenozoic.
Alessandro Palci +4 more
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Zoological Letters, 2022 Background The inner ear morphology and size are linked to hearing and balance ability. The goal of this study was to determine the morphology and morphometrics of the dromedary camel's inner ear and how it influences hearing accommodation and ...
Safwat Ali +4 more
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