Avian brain evolution: New data from Palaeogene birds (Lower Eocene) from England

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-219

  Milner, Aangela C ^a   Walsh, Stig A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeopteryx; Computed tomography; Neuroanatomy; Odontopteryx; Prophaethon

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; MAMMALIA; PELECANIFORMES; THEROPODA;

EID: 58149337367     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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