The comparative osteology of the petrotympanic complex (ear region) of extant baleen whales (Cetacea: Mysticeti)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Ekdale, Eric G ^a   Berta, Annalisa ^b   Deméré, Thomas A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EARDRUM; EXTANT SPECIES; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES COMPARISON; WHALE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

BALAENIDAE; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; CETACEA; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; NEOBALAENIDAE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EAR, MIDDLE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; WHALES;

EID: 79959476935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021311     Document Type: Article

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