Comparative study of notoungulate (Placentalia, Mammalia) bony labyrinths and new phylogenetically informative inner ear characters

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 442-461

  Macrini, Thomas E ^a,b   Flynn, John J ^b   Ni, Xijun ^b,c   Croft, Darin A ^d   Wyss, André R ^e  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; CT; Hegetotheriidae; Interatheriidae; Mesotheriidae; Notoungulata; Petrosal; Phylogenetic characters; South America

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ALTITYPOTHERIUM CHUCALENSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHARACTER STATE; CLADISTICS; COCHILIUS; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; ELEPHANT; HEARING; INNER EAR; LETHARGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NOTOSTYLOPS MURINUS; PACHYRUKHOS MOYANI; PETROUS BONE; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SKULL; SYNAPOMORPHY; TAXONOMY; THERIAN; VESTIBULE;

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EUTHERIA; INTERATHERIIDAE; KULBECKIA; MAMMALIA; NOTOUNGULATA; THERIA; ZALAMBDALESTES; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

COCHLEA; CT; HEGETOTHERIIDAE; INTERATHERIIDAE; MESOTHERIIDAE; NOTOUNGULATA; PETROSAL; PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COCHLEA; EAR, INNER; HEARING; HERBIVORY; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84885420110     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12108     Document Type: Article

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