This chapter aims to provide an overview of the state of knowledge on non-avian dinosaur
paleoneurology, throughout the history and synthesis of recent advances in the field. Today …

Birds today are the most diverse clade of terrestrial vertebrates, and understanding why
extant birds (Aves) alone among dinosaurs survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass …

A dearth of Mesozoic-aged, three-dimensional fossils hinders understanding of the origin of
the distinctive skull and brain of modern (crown) birds. Here we report Navaornis hestiae …

In birds, the brain (especially the telencephalon) is remarkably developed, both in relative
volume and complexity. Unlike in most early‐branching sauropsids, the adults of birds and …

Modern birds possess highly encephalized brains that evolved from non-avian dinosaurs.
Evolutionary shifts in developmental timing, namely juvenilization of adult phenotypes, have …

Endocasts are increasingly relied upon to examine avian brain evolution because they can
be used across extant and extinct species. The endocasts of birds appear to be relatively …

Present‐day crocodylians exhibit a remarkably akinetic skull with a highly modified
braincase. We present a comprehensive description of the neurocranial osteology of extant …

Endocasts are windows into deep history and as such provide modern neuroscience a more
complete appreciation of:(1) the brain's evolutionary potential (by allowing sampling of …

Voay robustus, the extinct Malagasy “horned” crocodile, was originally considered to be the
only crocodylian representative in Madagascar during most part of the Holocene. However …

Many modifications to the skull and brain anatomy occurred along the lineage
encompassing non-avialan theropod dinosaurs and modern birds. Anatomical changes to …