MONOTREME AFFINITIES AND LOW-FREQUENCY HEARING SUGGESTED BY MULTITUBERCULATE EAR

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	MONOTREME AFFINITIES AND LOW-FREQUENCY HEARING SUGGESTED BY MULTITUBERCULATE EAR
	MENG, J ; WYSS, AR ; MENG, J (reprint author), AMER MUSEUM NAT HIST,DEPT VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL,CENT PK W 79TH ST,NEW YORK,NY 10024, USA.
	1995-09-14
发表期刊	NATURE
ISSN	0028-0836
卷号	377 期号:6545 页码:141-144
文章类型	Article
摘要	MULTITUBERCULATES are an extinct, dentally distinctive group of Mesozoic/early Cenozoic mammals of uncertain affinities(1). We report here the discovery of a multituberculate ectotympanic bone, associated with the malleus in original life position, from two exquisitely preserved auditory regions, This documents, to our knowledge for the first time, incorporation of the angular and prearticular bones (jaw components in non-mammalian tetrapods) into the middle ear of multituberculates, favouring the hypothesized single origin of the ossicular chain in mammals(2,3). Morphology and orientation of these elements are strikingly similar to those of the extant egg-laying platypus and echidnas, suggesting a unique common ancestry of these forms(4), an affiliation once generally discredited(5-8) but regaining some recent support(9,10). The structure of these new multituberculate auditory ossicles, in conjuction with a greatly inflated vestibule and an uncoiled cochlea, implies an ear inefficient for reception of high-frequency airborne vibrations but well suited for bone-conducted hearing,; MULTITUBERCULATES are an extinct, dentally distinctive group of Mesozoic/early Cenozoic mammals of uncertain affinities(1). We report here the discovery of a multituberculate ectotympanic bone, associated with the malleus in original life position, from two exquisitely preserved auditory regions, This documents, to our knowledge for the first time, incorporation of the angular and prearticular bones (jaw components in non-mammalian tetrapods) into the middle ear of multituberculates, favouring the hypothesized single origin of the ossicular chain in mammals(2,3). Morphology and orientation of these elements are strikingly similar to those of the extant egg-laying platypus and echidnas, suggesting a unique common ancestry of these forms(4), an affiliation once generally discredited(5-8) but regaining some recent support(9,10). The structure of these new multituberculate auditory ossicles, in conjuction with a greatly inflated vestibule and an uncoiled cochlea, implies an ear inefficient for reception of high-frequency airborne vibrations but well suited for bone-conducted hearing,
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
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关键词[WOS]	MAMMALS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:A1995RU75400045
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4079
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	MENG, J (reprint author), AMER MUSEUM NAT HIST,DEPT VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL,CENT PK W 79TH ST,NEW YORK,NY 10024, USA.
作者单位	1.INST VERTEBRATE PALEONTOL & PALEOANTHROPOL,BEIJING,PEOPLES R CHINA 2.UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,DEPT GEOL SCI,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	MENG, J,WYSS, AR,MENG, J . MONOTREME AFFINITIES AND LOW-FREQUENCY HEARING SUGGESTED BY MULTITUBERCULATE EAR[J]. NATURE,1995,377(6545):141-144.
APA	MENG, J,WYSS, AR,&MENG, J .(1995).MONOTREME AFFINITIES AND LOW-FREQUENCY HEARING SUGGESTED BY MULTITUBERCULATE EAR.NATURE,377(6545),141-144.
MLA	MENG, J,et al."MONOTREME AFFINITIES AND LOW-FREQUENCY HEARING SUGGESTED BY MULTITUBERCULATE EAR".NATURE 377.6545(1995):141-144.

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