Echoes through time: amazing inferences from a fossil bat
Abstract Sister to the Chiroptera crown-clade, the 50 million year old Vielasia sigei is suggested to have used laryngeal echolocation based on morphometric analyses. We discuss how Vielasia’s discovery influences our understanding of the evolution of echolocation in bats and the insights fossils pr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-02-01
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Series: | BMC Zoology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-024-00193-0 |