The inner ear of Megatherium and the evolution of the vestibular system in sloths

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 557-567

  Billet, G ^a   Germain, D ^a   Ruf, I ^b   de Muizon, C ^a   Hautier, L ^c,d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bony labyrinth; Folivora; Fossil; Semicircular canals; Shape; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ANTEATER; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HOMOPLASY; INNER EAR; MEGATHERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SLOTH; SLOWNESS;

ANIMALIA; BRADYPUS; CHOLOEPUS; DASYPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEGATHERIUM; MEGATHERIUM AMERICANUM; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; SLOTHS; XENARTHRA;

ALLOMETRY; BONY LABYRINTH; FOLIVORA; FOSSIL; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SHAPE; XENARTHRA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY WEIGHT; EAR, INNER; FOSSILS; LOCOMOTION; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SLOTHS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84887403607     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12114     Document Type: Article

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