{"product_id":"paleoneurology-of-amniotes-new-directions-in-the-study-of-fossil-endocasts-9783031139826","title":"Paleoneurology of Amniotes: New Directions in the Study of Fossil Endocasts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a detailed examination of the current state of knowledge in the field of paleoneurology in the main amniote groups (reptiles, birds and mammals), and advances  resulting from new non-invasive technologies. The study of fossil endocasts is an area of considerable current interest, and has long been central to our understanding of the evolution of the brain, development of senses and behavioral adaptations in diverse vertebrate groups and across vertebrates as a whole. Recent advances in non-invasive imaging have significantly increased the number of fossil taxa for which brain morphology is known, and it may now be possible to quantitatively analyze the relative size of brain regions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a general overview of current perspectives and problems in evolutionary neuroanatomy, this book is intended for a wide range of readers, including undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and anyone with a special interest in paleoneurology. It is also useful as supplementary reading for courses in digital anatomy, vertebrate comparative anatomy, computed morphometrics, paleontology, neurology and radiology as well as evolution programs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART 1: FOSSIL ENDOCASTS IN REPTILES AND BIRDS\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 - Onto land and back into water: basal diapsids and marine reptiles\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 - Sauropterygia and Ichthyopterygia: Paleoneurology of secondarily aquatic reptiles \u003c\/p\u003e  Chapter 3 - Contrasting brains and bones: implications for turtle paleoneurology \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 - Approaches to the Paleoneurology of Lepidosauromorpha\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5 - Paleoneuroanatomy of Triassic archosauriforms and pseudosuchians \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 - Paleoneurology of Crocodylomorpha \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 - Neurosensory evolution in the pterosaurs\u003c\/p\u003e  Chapter 8 - Paleoneurology of dinosaur endocasts: past, present, and future research\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 - The evolution of bird brain \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  PART 2: FOSSIL ENDOCASTS IN MAMMALS\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 - Paleoneurology of stem and basal Mammalia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 - Evolution of the brain and sensory structures in monotremes\/Evolution of the brain and sensory structures in marsupials\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 - Early evolution of the brain in Primates and their close kin\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 - The brain of condylarthra and extinct Cetartiodactyla\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 - Sirenia fossil endocranial casts: history and evolution\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 - Paleoneurology of the Proboscidea (Mammalia, Afrotheria): insight from the brain endocast, bony labyrinth and infraorbital canal\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 - North American and South American Fossil Rodents: Cranial endocasts of extinct rodents and brain evolution\u003c\/p\u003e  Chapter 17 - Parallel patterns in carnivore brain evolution\/South American Fossil Carnivorans: Auditory Region of Ursidae and Cranial Endocast of Procyonidae\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 - The Cranial Endocast and Inner Ear Anatomy of Extinct Cingulates\u003c\/p\u003e  Chapter 19 - The endocranial cavities of Folivora (Mammalia, Xenarthra): insights from the brain cavity, bony labyrinth and cranial sinuses\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 - Cranial Endocasts and Inner Ear of Notostylopidae and Typotheria\/Endocranial Morphology of Toxodontians (Mammalia, Notoungulata) and Brain Evolution in Paleogene Notoungulates\u003c\/p\u003e  Chapter 21 - Digital and Natural Cranial Endocasts of Macraucheniidae (Mammalia, Litopterna): Brain and Frontal Sinuses\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53516337086807,"sku":"9783031139826","price":132.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paleoneurology-of-amniotes-new-directions-in-the-study-of-fossil-endocasts-9783031139826","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}