Virtual endocast of Ignacius graybullianus (Paromomyidae, Primates) and brain evolution in early primates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 10987-10992

  Silcox, Mary T ^a   Dalmyn, Claire K ^b   Bloch, Jonathan I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Eocene; Plesiadapiforms; Vertebrate paleontology; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCAST; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FRUGIVORE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IGNACIUS GRAYBULLIANUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PALEOCENE; PAROMOMYIDAE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL SYSTEM; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

MAMMALIA; PAROMOMYIDAE; PLESIADAPIFORMES; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650445587     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812140106     Document Type: Article

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