Endocasts of amphicyonid carnivorans

Title Variants

Alternative: Amphicyonid carnivorans

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2694

By

Radinsky, Leonard B.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1980

Notes

Title from caption.

"February 25, 1980."

"Endocranial casts of 10 genera of amphicyonids, ranging in age from about 35 my to 10 my, reveal evolutionary trends of increase in relative brain size and expansion and increased folding of the neocortex. Amphicyonids had a distinctive pattern of cerebral convolutions, characterized by the presence of a long ectolateral sulcus, a short sulcus between the caudal ends of the ectolateral and suprasylvian sulci, and a complete, unopercularized ectosylvian sulcus. The ectolateral sulcus is a derived character amphicyonids share with canids, in contrast to a derived feature of basicranial circulation that links amphicyonids to ursids"--P. [1].

Subjects

Amphicyonidae , Carnivora, Fossil , Casts , Neuroanatomy , Paleontology , Skull , Tertiary

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2694, 1980

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/80111566
OCLC: 7552687