Cranial asymmetry in eocene archaeocete whales and the evolution of directional hearing in water

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 14545-14548

  Fahlke, Julia M ^a   Gingerich, Philip D ^a   Welsh, Robert C ^b   Wood, Aaron R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c South Dakota School of Mines Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Land to sea transition

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; DIRECTIONAL HEARING; ECHOLOCATION; EOCENE ARCHAEOCETE; FACE ASYMMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HEARING; SKULL; WHALES;

BASILOSAURIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI; PROTOCETIDAE;

EID: 80052277554     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108927108     Document Type: Article

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