Ontogeny of the Brain Endocasts of Ostriches (aves: Struthio Camelus) with Implications for Interpreting Extinct Dinosaur Endocasts

............................................................................................4 Introduction........................................................................................5 Why Study Ostriches?.........................................................................................6 Endocasts as a Tool for Study..........................................................7 Function and Anatomy...........................................................................9 Overview of Current Knowledge.....................................................11 Holes in the Research..................................................................16 Potential Benefits.......................................................................17 Materials and Methods...................................................................................19 Materials.................................................................................19 Table 1....................................................................................19 CT Scanning.............................................................................19 Generation of Digital Endocasts..............................................................19 Results.............................................................................................20 Adult Endocast Introduction..........................................................20 Figure 1a.................................................................................21 Figure 1b.................................................................................22 Visible Qualitative Results............................................................22 Figure 2..................................................................................25