Unique Biochemical and Mineral Composition of Whale Ear Bones
Cetaceans are obligate aquatic mammals derived from terrestrial artiodactyls. The defining characteristic of cetaceans is a thick and dense lip (pachyosteosclerotic involucrum) of an ear bone (the tympanic). This unique feature is absent in modern terrestrial artiodactyls and is suggested to be impo...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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The University of Chicago Press
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11090 |