Endocranial volume of mid-late eocene archaeocetes (order: Cetacea) revealed by computed tomography: Implications for cetacean brain evolution

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-94

  Marino, Lori ^a   Uhen, Mark D ^b   Frohlich, Bruno ^c   Aldag, John Matthew ^a   Blane, Caroline ^d   Bohaska, David ^c   Whitmore, Frank C ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cranbrook Institute of Science   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeocete; Cetacea; Computed tomography; Encephalization; Endocranial volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001822476     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009417831601     Document Type: Article

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