Fossil evidence on evolution of inner ear cochlea in Jurassic mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1702, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Luo, Zhe Xi ^a,b   Ruf, Irina ^b   Schultz, Julia A ^b   Martin, Thomas ^b  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Inner ear; Jurassic; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT;

MAMMALIA; MUS; THERIA;

EID: 78650357893     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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