Virtual osteological dissection of the middle ear of a protocetid whale (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) from the middle Eocene of Togo from that are extinct 2020 Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 11 min 26 sec ✓ Published: 12-Jul-2020
Description: Contribution to the 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress (May 1st-15th, 2020)nnAbstract from Mourlam & Orliac 2020: nnModern cetaceans mainly rely on an acute sense of hearing in their daily life. Due to the specific physico-acoustic conditions of the aquatic environment, the sound reception pathway in modern whales drastically differs from that of land mammals and implies strong modification of their auditory region. According to the fossil record, the adaptation of the cetaceans to the aq
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