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Transitional Mammalian Middle Ear from a new Cretaceous Eutriconodont
Source info:
| Author: | Bill Parker |
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| Date: | 2011-04-14 07:24:00 |
| Blog: | Chinleana  |
| URL: | http://chinleana.blogspot.com/2011/04/transitional-mammalian-middle-ear-from.html |
Summary:
Non Triassic per se but still relevent and extremely cool and important... Meng, J., Wang, Y., and C. Li. 2011. Transitional mammalian middle ear from a new Cretaceous Jehol eutriconodont. Nature 472:181-185. doi:10.1038/nature09921 Abstract - The transference of post-dentary jaw elements to the cranium of mammals as auditory ossicles is one of the central topics in evolutionary biology ofContent analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Cretaceous [1] Triassic [1] |
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| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | Cretaceous [0.1] Triassic [0.1] Mesozoic [0.5] Phanerozoic [0.5] |
Keywords:
cranium, elements, evolutionary biology, j wang, mammalia, mammals, meng, middle ear, ossicles, transference
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