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Hearing Organ Evolution and Specialization: Archosaurs

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Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 22))

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Among amniotes a group named archosaurs includes the crocodilians, extinct dinosaurs, and birds (see Phylogeny, below). Because of these evolutionary relationships, the archosaurs are considered together in this chapter. The available data on inner-ear structure and function from different archosaur species (various birds and Caiman crocodilus) is combined and reviewed, in an attempt to identify the putative primitive condition and subsequent specializations that occurred during evolution.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Zoologie, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, 85747, Garching, Germany

    Geoffrey A. Manley

  2. Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

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  3. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4415, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

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Gleich, O., Fischer, F.P., Köppl, C., Manley, G.A. (2004). Hearing Organ Evolution and Specialization: Archosaurs. In: Manley, G.A., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Evolution of the Vertebrate Auditory System. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 22. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8957-4_8

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