a cast made of the inside of a cranial cavity to show the size and shape of the brain: used esp in anthropology
Sometimes shortened to: endocast
Examples of 'endocast' in a sentence
endocast
Arenysaurus preserves the endocast and the inner ear.
P Cruzado-Caballero, J Fortuny, S Llacer, JI Canudo 2015, 'Paleoneuroanatomy of the European lambeosaurine dinosaur Arenysaurus ardevoli', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/802.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our analysis demonstrates the value of endocast characters for inferring phylogenetic relationships.
Alice M. Clement, Tom J. Challands, John A. Long, Per E. Ahlberg 2016, 'The cranial endocast of Dipnorhynchus sussmilchi (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi) and the interrelationshipsof stem-group lungfishes', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/2539.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, we reconstructed the osseous labyrinth, endocast, cranial nerves and vasculature.
Rui Castanhinha, Ricardo Araújo, Luís C Júnior, Kenneth D Angielczyk, Gabriel G Martins,Rui M S Martins, Claudine Chaouiya, Felix Beckmann, Fabian Wilde 2013, 'Bringing dicynodonts back to life: paleobiology and anatomy of a new emydopoid genusfrom the Upper Permian of Mozambique.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3852158?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These findings add considerable knowledge to the field of sauropod paleoneuroanatomy in general and titanosaurianendocast diversity in particular.
Fabien Knoll, Lawrence M Witmer, Ryan C Ridgely, Francisco Ortega, Jose Luis Sanz 2015, 'A New Titanosaurian Braincase from the Cretaceous "Lo Hueco" Locality in Spain ShedsLight on Neuroanatomical Evolution within Titanosauria.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4596832?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A cranial endocast provides the first reasonably complete view of a sauropod brainincluding its small olfactory bulbs and cerebrum.
Paul C. Sereno, Jeffrey A. Wilson, Lawrence M. Witmer, John A. Whitlock, AbdoulayeMaga, Oumarou Ide, Timothy A. Rowe 2007, 'Structural Extremes in a Cretaceous Dinosaur', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0001230. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although endocast data are restricted to outer surfaces of brains, a few inferences about inner structure are possible.
Harry J. Jerison 2012, 'Digitized Fossil Brains: Neocorticalization', Biolinguisticshttp://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/238. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)