Cranial pneumatization and auditory perceptions of the oviraptorid dinosaur Conchoraptor gracilis (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 769-778

  Kundrát, Martin ^a   Janáček, Jiří ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acoustic perceptions; Binaural hearing; Conchoraptor; Directionality; Neurocranium; Oviraptorosauria; Pneumatic sinus; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUDITORY CUE; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; HEARING;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; FRONTAL BONE; HEARING; MIDDLE EAR; MONGOLIA; NASAL BONE; NONHUMAN; SKULL; SPHENOID;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; MONGOLIA; SKULL; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; DROMAEOSAURIDAE; MANIRAPTORA; OVIRAPTORIDAE; OVIRAPTOROSAURIA; THEROPODA; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 34547683722     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0258-7     Document Type: Article

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