Epitensoric position of the chorda tympani in anthropoidea: A new synapomorphic character, with remarks on the fissura glaseri in primates

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402069963, 2008, Pages 347-360

  Maier, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior process; Chorda tympani; Fetal stage; Tree shrew; Tympanic cavity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908278844     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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