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Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear Evidence from the Fossil Record /

The evolution of vertebrate hearing is of considerable interest in the hearing community. However, there has never been a volume that has focused on the paleontological evidence for the evolution of hearing and the ear, especially from the perspective of some of the leading paleontologists and evolu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Clack, Jennifer A. (Editor ), Fay, Richard R. (Editor ), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 59
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Vertebrate Diversity in a Sensory System: The Fossil Record of Otic Evolution
  • Actinopterygians: The Ray-Finned Fishes-an Explosion of Diversity
  • Sarcopterygians: From Lobe-Finned Fishes to the Tetrapod Stem Group
  • Early Tetrapods: Experimenting with Form and Function
  • Nonmammalian Synapsids: The Beginning of the Mammal Line
  • Evolution of the Middle and Inner Ears of Mammaliaforms: The Approach to Mammals
  • Evolution of the Ear of Mammals: From Monotremes to Humans
  • Basal Reptilians, Marine Diapsids, and Turtles: The Flowering of Reptile Diversity
  • The Lepidosaurian Ear: Variations on a Theme
  • Archosaurs and their Kin: The Ruling Reptiles
  • Amphibia: A Case of Diversity and Convergence in the Auditory Region.