Detailed descriptions of braincase anatomy in early diapsid reptiles have been historically
rare given the difficulty of accessing this deep portion of the skull, because of poor …

Dinocephalian therapsids are renowned for their massive, pachyostotic and ornamented
skulls adapted for head-to-head fighting during intraspecific combat. Synchrotron scanning …

The origin and evolution of the mammalian brain has long been the focus of scientific
enquiry. Conversely, little research has focused on the palaeoneurology of the stem group of …

Ontogenetic sequences are relatively rare among dinosaurs, with Ceratopsia being one of
the better represented clades, and especially among geologically earlier forms, such as …

Understanding the origins of the vertebrate brain is fundamental for uncovering evolutionary
patterns in neuroanatomy. Regarding extinct species, the anatomy of the brain and other soft …

Limnoscelis paludis historically has been considered close to the ancestry of reptiles.
Although the unique holotype skeleton is largely complete, its braincase has never been …

Abstract The late Permian reptile Youngina capensis (c. 254 Ma) is a non‐saurian
neodiapsid whose anatomy has been used to represent the reptilian condition prior to the …

Rhynchosauria is a group of archosauromorph reptiles abundant in terrestrial ecosystems of
the Middle Triassic. Mesosuchus is one of the earliest and basalmost rhynchosaurs, playing …

Abstract Information on the structure of the brain, cranial nerves, encephalic vasculature,
and inner ear of the centrosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai (Upper …

Despite the abundance of well-preserved crania and natural endocasts in the South African
Plio-Pleistocene cercopithecoid record, which provide direct information relevant to the …