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Avian Brain Shape Left Other Dinosaurs Behind, Researchers Say
A team of paleontologists has digitally reconstructed the facial skeleton and brain endocast of Ichthyornis dispar, a toothed stem bird that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous epoch and has traditionally been considered the nearest known well-understood relative of living birds.
http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/ichthyornis-dispar-brain-09931.html