On the brain of a primitive bird from the upper Cretaceous of European Russia

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 655-667

  Kurochkin, E N ^a   Saveliev, S V ^b   Postnov, A A ^c   Pervushov, E M ^d   Popov, E V ^d  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN MORPHOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Avian brain mold; Cenomanian; Cretaceous bird; Enantiornithes; Fossil brain; Late Cretaceous; Russia; Volgograd Region

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; ENANTIORNITHES;

EID: 33751013710     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030106060086     Document Type: Article

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