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Article: ROM leads research on dinosaur brain structure.(WHAT'S ON AT THE ROM: NEWS)
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- ROM Magazine
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- December 22, 2008
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New study uses CT scans to explore inner structure of lambeosaur skulls
A new study led by ROM paleontologist Dr. David Evans reveals that the large, bizarre-shaped crests of the duck-billed dinosaurs called lambeosaurs were used as a means of communication. The study used high-tech CT scanning and 3D imaging technology to reconstruct the first-ever detailed look into the brain and inner ear of this group of dinosaurs. The results will be published in part in an upcoming special issue of the journal The Anatomical Record.
No modern animals have a structure similar to these dinosaurs' bony crests, which contain long ...
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