Development of the Chondrocranium of Melopsittacus undulatus

The study of the avian chondrocranium began in 1866 with W.K. Parker''s "On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe". With this and other excellent papers, W.K. Parker (1866, 1869, 1875, 1876) laid the foundation for the study of the bird''s skull. W.K. Parker''s work was continued by T.J. Parker (1888, 1891), who investigated the skull of Apteryx. Apart from the studies of...