Description of a Cranial Endocast from the Fossil Mammal Vincelestes neuquenianus (Theriiformes) and its Relevance to the Evolution of Endocranial Characters in Therians

Description of a cranial endocast from a

Description of a cranial endocast from a fossil platypus, Obdurodon dicksoni (Monotremata, Ornithorhynchidae), and the relevance of endocranial characters to monotreme monophyly

✍ Thomas E. Macrini; Timothy Rowe; Michael Archer 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 994 KB

A digital cranial endocast of the Miocene platypus Obdurodon dicksoni was extracted from highresolution X-ray computed tomography scans. This endocast represents the oldest from an unequivocal member of either extant monotreme lineage and is therefore important for inferring character support for Mo