Re: Are birds really smarter than non-avian dinosaurs?

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

JAMES ARONIS writes:
 > What about a Pterosaur brain in comparison to avian brains? I
 > remember there was some research that revealed considerable
 > increase in certain areas of the pterosaur brain, but don't recall
 > the specifics.

I think you're remembering --

Witmer, Lawrence M., Sankar Chatterjee, Jonathan Franzosa &
Timothy Rowe (2003).  Neuroanatomy of flying reptiles and
implications for flight, posture and behaviour.  Nature 425,
30 October 2003, pp950-953.
        http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Anhanguera_santanae/Witmer_02048.pdf

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