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Labelled compact model of the right ear region of Choeropsis liberiensis (UPPal-M09-5-005a)

Data citation: Maëva J. Orliac Logo, Franck Guy Logo and Renaud Lebrun Logo, 2015. M3#1. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf1

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bulla, parietal, petrosal, sinus

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bulla, external auditory meatus, foramen for TBCPEVS, foramen for TBCPEVS, foramen for tributary branch of capsulo parietal vein, glenoid surface, hiatus fallopii, paracondylar process, petrosal, postympanic process, prefacial commissure fossa, sigmoid sinus, stylomastoid foramen, TBCPEVS, tegmen tympani, temporal branch, temporal branch, temporal foramen, transverse sinus, tributary branch of capsulo parietal vein system (TBCPEVS), tympanic neck, tympanic tube

Specimen infos
Collection
Collection : UPPal: Université de Poitiers, collections de paléontologie, Poitiers, France

Inventory number : UPPal-M09-5-005a


Information
Sex : male

Age group : Adult

Age (if applicable) :

Material Type : Skull

Origin : Africa

Taxonomy
Class : Mammalia

Order : Cetartiodactyla

Family : Hippopotamidae

Genus : Choeropsis

Species :liberiensis


Description
Skull of Choeropsis liberiensis

Related article
Osteological connexions of the petrosal bone of the extant Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius and Choeropsis liberiensis
Maëva J. Orliac, Franck Guy and Renaud Lebrun
Published online: 24/10/2014

Keywords: Artiodactyla; bulla; ear region; pygmy hippo; sinus

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.1.1.e1

  Abstract

    This project presents the osteological connexions of the petrosal bone of the extant Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius and Choeropsis liberiensis by a virtual osteological dissection of the ear region. The petrosal, the bulla, the sinuses and the major morphological features surrounding the petrosal bone are labelled, both in situ and in an exploded model presenting disassembly views. The directional underwater hearing mode of Hippopotamidae is discussed based on the new observations. 


  M3 article infos

Published in Vol. 01, Issue 01 (2015)
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