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The skull of the Miocene Spheniscus urbinai (Aves, Sphenisciformes): osteology, brain morphology, and the cranial pneumatic systems
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2021-02)
Spheniscus urbinai represents one of four extinct Spheniscus species from the Cenozoic of southern South America, known from several poorly described diversely complete skulls and postcranial elements. Here, we present a ...
Intracranial Soft Tissue Adaptations in the Land-to-Sea Transition: Shifts in Marine Crocodylomorph (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) Vasculature and Paratympanic Sinus Systems
(Wiley, 2019)
From an osteological perspective, the secondary aquatic adapta- tions of vertebrates are well understood; from a soft tissue one, less so. Here, we use an ancient group of crocodylomorphs, Thalattosuchia, as an exemplar ...
Cranial Morphology of the Late Oligocene Patagonian Notohippid Rhynchippus equinus Ameghino, 1897 (Mammalia, Notoungulata) with Emphases in Basicranial and Auditory Region
(Public Library of Science, 2016-05-27)
Notohippidae is a probably paraphyletic family of medium sized notoungulates with complete dentition and early tendency to hypsodonty. They have been recorded from early Eocene to early Miocene, being particularly diverse ...