ReviewJournal of anatomy2020
Avian palaeoneurology: Reflections on the eve of its 200th anniversary.
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- Ecomorphological Analysis of the Bird Lumbosacral Organ in an Evolutionary Context.Journal of morphology · 2025Article
- Nearly complete late Eocene skull from the North Pacific elucidates the cranial morphology and affinities of the penguin-like Plotopteridae.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2025Article
- Avian telencephalon and cerebellum volumes can be accurately estimated from digital brain endocasts.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Dinosaur palaeoneurology: an evolving science.Biology letters · 2024Review
- Avialan-like brain morphology in Sinovenator (Troodontidae, Theropoda).Communications biology · 2024Article
- Modified skulls but conservative brains? The palaeoneurology and endocranial anatomy of baryonychine dinosaurs (Theropoda: Spinosauridae).Journal of anatomy · 2023Article
- Fossil basicranium clarifies the origin of the avian central nervous system and inner ear.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Relationship between flightlessness and brain morphology among Rallidae.Journal of anatomy · 2022Article
- Novel neuroanatomical integration and scaling define avian brain shape evolution and development.eLife · 2021Article
- Avian palaeoneurology: Reflections on the eve of its 200th anniversary.Journal of anatomy · 2020Review
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Abstract
In birds, the brain (especially the telencephalon) is remarkably developed, both in relative volume and complexity. Unlike in most early-branching sauropsids, the adults of birds and other archosaurs have a well-ossified neurocranium. In contrast to the situation in most of their reptilian relatives but similar to what can be seen in mammals, the brains of birds fit closely to the endocranial cavity so that their major external features are reflected in the endocasts. This makes birds a highly suitable group for palaeoneurological investigations. The first observation about the brain in a long-extinct bird was made in the first quarter of the 19th century. However, it was not until the 2000s and the application of modern imaging technologies that avian palaeoneurology really took off. Understanding how the mode of life is reflected in the external morphology of the brains of birds is but one of several future directions in which avian palaeoneurological research may extend. Although the number of fossil specimens suitable for palaeoneurological explorations is considerably smaller in birds than in mammals and will very likely remain so, the coming years will certainly witness a momentous strengthening of this rapidly growing field of research at the overlap between ornithology, palaeontology, evolutionary biology and neurosciences.
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