Middle ear cavity morphology is consistent with an aquatic origin for testudines.
The position of testudines in vertebrate phylogeny is being re-evaluated. At present, testudine morphological and molecular data conflict when reconstructing phylogenetic relationships. Complicating matters, the ecological niche of stem testudines is ambiguous. To understand how turtles have evolved...
Main Authors: | Katie L Willis, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Darlene R Ketten, Catherine E Carr |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3544720?pdf=render |
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