Avian-like attributes of a virtual brain model of the oviraptorid theropod Conchoraptor gracilis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-504

  Kundrát, Martin ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaeopteryx; Brain; Conchoraptor gracilis; Encephalization index; Endocast; Endoneurocranial volume; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCHORAPTOR GRACILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FOWL; HEMISPHERE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY TRACT; OPTIC LOBE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RAPTORS; REPTILES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; OVIRAPTORIDAE; THEROPODA;

EID: 34248329517     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0219-1     Document Type: Article

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