A New Titanosaurian Braincase from the Cretaceous "Lo Hueco" Locality in Spain Sheds Light on Neuroanatomical Evolution within Titanosauria.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Fabien Knoll, Lawrence M Witmer, Ryan C Ridgely, Francisco Ortega, Jose Luis Sanz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Labyrinth; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138233; https://doaj.org/article/7bc76c10b93d437bb7acadf33d68f72d

Despite continuous improvements, our knowledge of the neurocranial anatomy of sauropod dinosaurs as a whole is still poor, which is especially true for titanosaurians even though their postcranial remains are common in many Upper Cretaceous sites worldwide. Here we describe a braincase from the uppe...