A fossil brain from the Cretaceous of European Russia and avian sensory evolution

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Kurochkin, Evgeny N ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^b,d   Saveliev, Sergei V ^c   Pervushov, Evgeny M ^d   Popov, Evgeny V ^d  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN MORPHOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Archaeopteryx; Avian; Brain; Cretaceous; Evolution; Senses

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BRAIN; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; OLFACTORY CUE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FOWL; HEARING ACUITY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSE ORGAN; ANIMAL; BIRD; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGOGRAD [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; ENALIORNIS; HESPERORNIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; RUSSIA; SENSATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38449109386     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0617     Document Type: Article

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