Developmental patterns of the crocodilian and avian columella auris: Reappraisal of interpretations of the derivation of the dorsal hyoid arch in archosaurian tetrapods

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 384-410

  Kundrát, Martin ^a   Janáček, Jiří ^b   Russell, Anthony P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alligator; Aves; Crocodylia; Development; Evolution; Function; Innovation; Segmentation; Struthio

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; COLUMELLA; COTURNIX; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; GALLUS; REPTILIA; STRUTHIO; TETRAPODA;

EID: 66149165777     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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