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M3#3

Labelled compact model of the right ear region of Hippopotamus amphibius (UM N 179)

Data citation: Maëva J. Orliac Logo, Franck Guy Logo and Renaud Lebrun Logo, 2015. M3#3. doi: 10.18563/m3.sf3

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bulla, parietal, petrosal, sinus

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bulla, external auditory meatus, glenoid surface, hiatus fallopii, internal acoustic meatus, paracondylar process, petrosal, postympanic process, prefacial commissure fossa, secondary postglenoide foramen, sigmoid sinus, stylomastoid foramen, suprameatal foramen, tegmen tympani, temporal branch, temporal foramen, temporal sinus, transverse sinus, tributary branch of the capsulo parietal emissary vein system, tympanic neck

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

Inventory number : UM N179


Information
Sex : indet

Age group : Adult

Age (if applicable) :

Material Type : Skull

Origin : Africa

Taxonomy
Class : Mammalia

Order : Artiodactyla

Family : Hippopotamidae

Genus : Hippopotamus

Species :amphibius


Description
Skull of Hippopotamus amphibius

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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