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M3#133

labelled surface of the left petrosal

Data citation: Mickaël Mourlam Logo and Maëva J. Orliac Logo, 2017. M3#133. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.133

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anterior process, anteroexternal sulcus, concave facet of the promontorium, contact surface for the tubarium process, crista interfenestralis , crista parotica, facial sulcus, fenestra cochleae, fenestra vestibuli, foramen acusticum inferius, foramen acusticum superius, fossa for stapedial muscle, fossa for the tensor tympani muscle, hiatus fallopii, internal foramen for the facial nerve, medial tuberosity of the promontorium, pedicle of the posterior process?, postmeatal fossa, prefacial commissure fossa, promontorium, secondary facial foramen, stylomastoid notch, tube of internal auditory meatus, ventrally broad fossa, ventrolateral tuberosity

Specimen infos
Collection

Information
Sex : indet

Age (if applicable) : Middle Eocene Lutetian

Material Type : Skull

Origin : Kpogamé, Togo

Taxonomy
Class : Mammalia

Order : Artiodactyla

Family : Protocetidae

Genus : indet.

Species :indet.


Description
skull fragment preserving the petrotympanic complex

Related article
3D models related to the publication: Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the Middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing
Mickaël Mourlam and Maëva J. Orliac
Published online: 31/05/2017

Keywords: archaeocete; auditory region; Lutetian; petrotympanic complex

https://doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.1.e2

  Abstract

    This contribution contains the 3D models described and figured in the following publication: Mourlam, M., Orliac, M. J. (2017), Protocetid (Cetacea, Artiodactyla) bullae and petrosals from the Middle Eocene locality of Kpogamé, Togo: new insights into the early history of cetacean hearing. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1328378
      


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  M3 article infos

Published in Volume 03, Issue 01 (2017)

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