Anatomical evidence for low frequency sensitivity in an archaeocete whale: Comparison of the inner ear of Zygorhiza kochii with that of crown Mysticeti

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-39

  Ekdale, Eric G ^a,b   Racicot, Rachel A ^c,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeocete; Bony labyrinth; Cetacea; Cochlea; Mysticeti; Zygorhiza

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALEEN WHALE; CETACEA; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR CANAL; COCHLEAR SPIRAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEARING ACUITY; INNER EAR; LOW FREQUENCY SENSITIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ZYGORHIZA KOCHII; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE;

BASILOSAURIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; ODONTOCETI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EAR, INNER; FOSSILS; HEARING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHALES;

EID: 84919495308     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12253     Document Type: Article

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