Search Results - "Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone"

Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed Tomography Imaging and Reappraisal of Axial Pneumaticity in Ornithomimosauria by Watanabe, Akinobu, Eugenia Leone Gold, Maria, Brusatte, Stephen L, Benson, Roger B J, Choiniere, Jonah, Davidson, Amy, Norell, Mark A

“…Among extant vertebrates, pneumatization of postcranial bones is unique to birds, with few known exceptions in other groups. Through reduction in bone mass,…”
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Flightless birds are not neuroanatomical analogs of non-avian dinosaurs by Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone, Watanabe, Akinobu

“…In comparative neurobiology, major transitions in behavior are thought to be associated with proportional size changes in brain regions. Bird-line theropod…”
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An expanded combined evidence approach to the Gavialis problem using geometric morphometric data from crocodylian braincases and Eustachian systems by Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone, Brochu, Christopher A, Norell, Mark A

“…The phylogenetic position of the Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is disputed--morphological characters place Gavialis as the sister to all other extant…”
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Tempo and Pattern of Avian Brain Size Evolution by Ksepka, Daniel T., Balanoff, Amy M., Smith, N. Adam, Bever, Gabriel S., Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S., Bourdon, Estelle, Braun, Edward L., Burleigh, J. Gordon, Clarke, Julia A., Colbert, Matthew W., Corfield, Jeremy R., Degrange, Federico J., De Pietri, Vanesa L., Early, Catherine M., Field, Daniel J., Gignac, Paul M., Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone, Kimball, Rebecca T., Kawabe, Soichiro, Lefebvre, Louis, Marugán-Lobón, Jesús, Mongle, Carrie S., Morhardt, Ashley, Norell, Mark A., Ridgely, Ryan C., Rothman, Ryan S., Scofield, R. Paul, Tambussi, Claudia P., Torres, Christopher R., van Tuinen, Marcel, Walsh, Stig A., Watanabe, Akinobu, Witmer, Lawrence M., Wright, Alexandra K., Zanno, Lindsay E., Jarvis, Erich D., Smaers, Jeroen B.

“…Relative brain sizes in birds can rival those of primates, but large-scale patterns and drivers of avian brain evolution remain elusive. Here, we explore the…”
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Tumour or haemorrhage?: Differential diagnosis of an unknown mass within the brain of a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) using a novel imaging pipeline by Vasquez, Tatiana, Gignac, Paul M., Brewer, Peter, Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone

“…We report on a previously healthy zoo specimen of an adult budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus, obtained with permission from Southwick's Zoo) found deceased…”
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Flying starlings, PET and the evolution of volant dinosaurs by Leone Gold, Maria Eugenia, Schulz, Daniela, Budassi, Michael, Gignac, Paul M., Vaska, Paul, Norell, Mark A.

“…Birds have evolved behavioral and morphological adaptations for powered flight. Many aspects of this transition are unknown, including the neuroanatomical…”
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Giant taxon‐character matrices: the future of morphological systematics by Laing, Adam M., Doyle, Sharon, Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone, Nesbitt, Sterling J., O'Leary, Maureen A., Turner, Alan H., Wilberg, Eric W., Poole, Karen E.

“…Simões et al. () argued that large matrices are linked to the construction of “problematic” characters, and that those characters negatively affect tree…”
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The first endocast of the extinct dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and an anatomical comparison amongst close relatives (Aves, Columbiformes) by Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone, Bourdon, Estelle, Norell, Mark A.

“…The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) became extinct only 100 years after humans first arrived on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Even though it has become an…”
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Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus by Watanabe, Akinobu, Eugenia Leone Gold, Maria, Brusatte, Stephen L, Benson, Roger B. J, Choiniere, Jonah, Davidson, Amy, Norell, Mark A

“…Among extant vertebrates, pneumatization of postcranial bones is unique to birds, with few known exceptions in other groups. Through reduction in bone mass,…”
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Cranial osteology and braincase morphometrics of Gavialis gangeticus: Implications for crocodylian phylogenetics by Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone

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Cranial osteology and braincase morphometrics of Gavialis gangeticus: Implications for crocodylian phylogenetics by Gold, Maria Eugenia Leone

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