The bony labyrinth of mammals, a delicate and complex cavity within the petrosal, houses
the organs of hearing and equilibrium of the inner ear. Because this region is typically …

The cranial endocast of Pristerodon mackayi is described, which has been virtually
reconstructed on the basis of neutron tomographic data. The gross anatomy of the cranial …

Background Sauropod dinosaurs were the largest animals ever to walk on land, and, as a
result, the evolution of their remarkable adaptations has been of great interest. The …

Caecilian morphology is strongly modified in association with their fossorial mode of life.
Currently phylogenetic analyses of characters drawn from the morphology of caecilians lack …

Recent development of computed tomography and three-dimensional visualization
techniques has enabled the non-destructive inspection of the endocast morphology of fossil …

The current experiment is one of a series of comparative studies in our laboratory designed
to determine the network of somatosensory areas that are present in the neocortex of the …

Arundelemys dardeni is an Early Cretaceous paracryptodire known from a single,
incomplete, but generally well-preserved skull. Phylogenetic hypotheses of paracryptodires …

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 …

ABSTRACT The Early Carboniferous stem tetrapod Whatcheeria deltae is among the
earliest-branching limbed tetrapods represented by multiple near-complete specimens …

Voay robustus, the extinct Malagasy “horned” crocodile, was originally considered to be the
only crocodylian representative in Madagascar during most part of the Holocene. However …