The rapidly expanding interest in, and availability of, digital tomography data to visualize
casts of the vertebrate endocranial cavity housing the brain (endocasts) presents new …

Vertebrate palaeontology is a lively field, with new discoveries reported every week... and
not only dinosaurs! This new edition reflects the international scope of vertebrate …

Relative brain sizes in birds can rival those of primates, but large-scale patterns and drivers
of avian brain evolution remain elusive. Here, we explore the evolution of the fundamental …

Resumen “The present state of knowledge of the Cenozoic birds of Argentina” publicado en
Contributions in Sciences en 1980, escrito por el paleontólogo argentino Eduardo Pedro …

This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South
America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous …

The extinct dromornithids, gastornithids and phorusrhacids are among the most spectacular
birds to have ever lived, with some giants exceeding 500 kg. The affinities and evolution of …

From complex songs to simple honks, birds produce sounds using a unique vocal organ
called the syrinx,. Located close to the heart at the tracheobronchial junction, vocal folds or …

Abstract Terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) comprise the most outstanding group of South
American Cenozoic avifauna, and have been considered dominant predators. Terrestrial …

Abstract Knowledge of the higher-level phylogenetic relationships of birds has grown
substantially during the past two decades due to the application of genomic data. However …

Skeletal inclusions in approximately 99-million-year-old amber from northern Myanmar
provide unprecedented insights into the soft tissue and skeletal anatomy of minute fauna …