Palaeoneurology and palaeobiology of the dinocephalian therapsid Anteosaurus magnificus [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 Dinocephalians (Therapsida), some of the earliest amniotes to have evolved large body size, include the carnivorous Anteosauria and mostly herbivorous Tapinocephalia. Whilst the palaeoneurology of the Tapinocephalia has been investigated in Moschognathus
Julien Benoit +4 more
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Systematics and palaeoneurology of a new Pliocene raccoon dog (Canidae, Nyctereutes) from Jradzor (Armenia) [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyWe describe a new fossil raccoon dog from the Late Pliocene site of Jradzor, Armenia, a key site to understand biogeographic connections and dispersal between Asia, Europe, and Africa.
Saverio Bartolini Lucenti +2 more
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South African Journal of ScienceIn 1925, Raymond Arthur Dart published his description and interpretations of the ‘Taung Child’ in the journal Nature, including a description of the natural brain endocast associated with the face and mandible.
Amélie Beaudet +3 more
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The palaeoneurology of a new specimen of the Middle Triassic dicynodont synapsid Kombuisia frerensis
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaThe pineal eye is a photoreceptive organ, sometimes called the “third eye”, housed within the parietal foramen of some ectothermic vertebrates (Eakin 1973; Quay 1979).
Julien Benoit
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PalaeontologyAbstract There is a growing consensus that pterosaurs and the flightless Lagerpetidae are closely related. This relationship is supported by apomorphies throughout the skeleton, including endocranial character states such as a well‐developed floccular fossa and a tall anterior semicircular canal. Our knowledge of lagerpetid anatomy has been improved by
Lisiê V S Damke +2 more
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Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia [PDF]
PeerJThe holotype of Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981, a large-bodied ornithopod from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia, consists of an almost complete skull and partial postcranium, and is among the most skeletally complete ornithopods from
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Dinosaur palaeoneurology: an evolving science [PDF]
Biology LettersOur fascination with dinosaur brains and their capabilities essentially began with the first dinosaur discovery. The history of this study is a useful reflection of palaeoneurology as a whole and its relationship to a more inclusive evolutionary neuroscience.
Amy M Balanoff
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Does postcranial palaeoneurology provide insight into pterosaur behaviour and lifestyle? New data from the azhdarchoid Vectidraco and the ornithocheirids Coloborhynchus and Anhanguera [PDF]
Palaeontology, 2018 AbstractThe postcranial palaeoneurology of fossil reptiles is understudied, and those studies that exist focus predominantly on crocodyliforms and dinosaurs. The intervertebral foramina of the spine house nerves that exit to innervate surrounding tissues and the extremities.
Elizabeth Martin‐Silverstone +2 more
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The braincase anatomy of Simosaurus gaillardoti (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) revealed with X-ray micro-computed tomography [PDF]
PeerJSauropterygia is a clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles that includes the eosauropterygian Simosaurus gaillardoti Von Meyer, 1842, classically considered to be a member of Nothosauroidea.
Elisa H. London +3 more
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Journal of Comparative Neurology, 2021 AbstractProa valdearinnoensis is a relatively large‐headed and stocky iguanodontian dinosaur from the latest Early Cretaceous of Spain. Its braincase is known from three specimens. Similar to that of other dinosaurs, it shows a mosaic ossification pattern in which most of the bones seem to have fused together indistinguishably while a few ...
Fabien Knoll +6 more
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