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ArticleJournal of anatomy2017

Palaeobiology of Hyaenodon exiguus (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) based on morphometric analysis of the bony labyrinth.

Cathrin Pfaff, Doris Nagel, Gregg Gunnell, Gerhard W Weber, Jürgen Kriwet, Michael Morlo, Katharina Bastl

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Article in Journal of anatomy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Cathrin PfaffDepartment of Palaeontology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Doris NagelDepartment of Palaeontology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Gregg GunnellDivision of Fossil Primates, Duke Lemur Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Gerhard W WeberDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Jürgen KriwetDepartment of Palaeontology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael MorloAbt. für Paläoanthropologie und Messelforschung, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Katharina BastlDepartment of Palaeontology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
University of Vienna · ATBOKU University · ATDuke University · USSenckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Species of the extinct genus Hyaenodon were among the largest carnivorous mammals from the Late Eocene through Early Miocene in North America, Europe and Asia. The origin, phylogeny and palaeobiology of Hyaenodonta are still ambiguous. Most previous studies focused on teeth and dental function in these highly adapted species, which might be influenced by convergent morphologies. The anatomy of the bony labyrinth in vertebrates is generally quite conservative and, additionally, was used in functional-morphological studies. This study provides the first anatomical description of the bony labyrinth of the extinct European species Hyaenodon exiguus in comparison to selected extant carnivoran taxa discussed from a functional-morphological perspective. Hyaenodon exiguus may have occupied a hyaena-like dietary niche with a semi-arboreal lifestyle, based on the relative height, width and length of the semicircular canals of the inner ear. However, this contradicts previous functional-morphological studies focusing on the diameter of the canals, which presumably represent the signal of locomotion mode.

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Biological EvolutionExtinction, BiologicalAnimalsMammalsPaleontologySemicircular CanalsX-Ray MicrotomographyCreodontaecomorphologyfunctional morphologygeometric morphometricsinner earsemicircular canals

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PMID27666133
PMCPMC5244453
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