Endocranial morphology of Microchoerus erinaceus (Euprimates, Tarsiiformes) and early evolution of the Euprimates brain

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-16

  Ramdarshan, Anusha ^a   Orliac, Maeva J ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

CT scan; endocast; Late Eocene; Omomyiformes; primate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE; ETHMOID BONE; HEMISPHERE; MICROCHOERUS ERINACEUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYLOGENY; RHINENCEPHALON; SKULL BASE; SYLVIAN FISSURE; TARSIIFORM; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SKULL; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; FOSSILS; SKULL; TARSII; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84954394852     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22868     Document Type: Article

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