The inner ear of two late cretaceous multituberculate mammals, and its implications for multituberculate hearing

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-93

  Hurum, Jørn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Evolution; Hearing; Inner ear; Multituberculata; Semicircular canals

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083761     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020571003901     Document Type: Review

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