Title
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
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