Digitized endocasts and brains: A perspective on measurements and historical analyses of the evolution of 172 fossil and extant amniote specimens

Harry J Jerison, University of California, Los Angeles
Catherine M Early, Science Museum of Minnesota
Andrew A Farke, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
Ashley C Morhardt, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Abstract

This perspective paper is intended to stimulate future research and discussion of brain evolution in amniotes by sharing 172 digitized endocasts of extinct and extant species spanning 60 million years. Using 3D digital surface scans of physical (