Halcyornis toliapicus (Aves: Lower Eocene, England) indicates advanced neuromorphology in Mesozoic Neornithes

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-181

  Walsh, Stig ^a,b   Milner, Angela ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Eminentia sagittalis; Endocranial cast; Eocene; Halcyornis toliapicus; London Clay

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EOCENE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MESOZOIC; NEUROLOGY; OLFACTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALYSIS; X-RAY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORACIIFORMES; LARIDAE; NEORNITHES; PSEUDASTURIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 79959709029     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.513703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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