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M3#135

petrotympanic complex of Protocetidae indeterminate from Kpogamé, Togo

Data citation: Mickaël Mourlam Logo and Maëva J. Orliac Logo, 2017. M3#135. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf.135

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auditory bulla, external auditory meatus, internal auditory meatus, petrosal bone, tympanic cavity

Specimen infos
Collection
Collection : Université de Montpellier : Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Montpellier, France

Inventory number : UM KPG-M 73


Information
Sex : indet

Age (if applicable) : Middle Eocene Lutetian

Material Type : Skull

Origin : Kpogamé, Togo

Taxonomy
Class : Mammalia

Order : Cetartiodactyla

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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Published in Volume 03, Issue 01 (2017)
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