The inner ear of Diacodexis, the oldest artiodactyl mammal

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 221, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-426

  Orliac, M J ^a,b   Benoit, J ^a   O'Leary, M A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artiodactyla; Bony labyrinth; Computed tomography; Eocene; Moschiola; Tragulidae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY BUILD; BOVIDS; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DIACODEXIS ILICIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; HEARING; HINDLIMB; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INNER EAR; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOSCHIOLA MEMINNA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EAR, INNER; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MOSCHIOLA; MOSCHIOLA MEMINNA; TRAGULIDAE;

EID: 84867201911     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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