Celydra serpentina, brain endocast (snapping turtle) Dimorphodon rounded scales protected the top

rounded scales protected the top of the skull

This relationship probably puts Carnotaurus closer to Allosaurus than to Tyrannosaurus rex

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

rather than a living anima

Originally thought to have been a primate

Celydra serpentina, brain endocast (snapping turtle) Dimorphodon rounded scales protected the topThis is a brain endocast of a Snapping turtle. An endocast or endocranial cast is a cast made of the mold formed by the impression the brain makes on the inside of the neurocranium (braincase), providing a replica of the brain with most of the details of its outer surface. Endocasts can also form naturally, when sediments fill the empty skull, after which the skull is destroyed and the cast fossilized. Scientists are increasingly utilizing