Avian cerebellar floccular fossa size is not a proxy for flying ability in birds.

Extinct animal behavior has often been inferred from qualitative assessments of relative brain region size in fossil endocranial casts. For instance, flight capability in pterosaurs and early birds has been inferred from the relative size of the cerebellar flocculus, which in life protrudes from the...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Stig A Walsh, Andrew N Iwaniuk, Monja A Knoll, Estelle Bourdon, Paul M Barrett, Angela C Milner, Robert L Nudds, Richard L Abel, Patricia Dello Sterpaio
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3692442?pdf=render