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ArticleJournal of anatomy2025

Systematic contribution of the auditory region to the knowledge of the oldest European Bovidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia).

Bastien Mennecart, Francis Duranthon, Loïc Costeur

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Article in Journal of anatomy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Bastien MennecartNaturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9669-2907
Francis DuranthonMuséum de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0200-0333
Loïc CosteurNaturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6213-8556

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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 200021_159854/1Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 200021_178853Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung P300P2_161065Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung P3P3P2_161066
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ear region has a strong potential for evolutionary studies. While the petrosal bone suffers from ontogeny and allometry, the bony labyrinth provides crucial information for phylogeny. The study of the bony labyrinth itself allowed for argumentation of the early bovid species Eotragus artenensis and Eotragus clavatus being closely related, while a newly described species and genus of early Bovidae from Montréal-du-Gers (France), formerly attributed to Eotragus, clearly belong to another lineage. The morphology of the bony labyrinth of these oldest bovids confirms that Eotragus is a stem Bovidae, while the new Bovidae is more derived. Since the bony labyrinth is a structure that is little affected by ontogeny, allometry, and sexual dimorphism, we propose this structure and its surrounding petrosal bone as the holotype for this new species. This study shows the importance of the ear region in the context of micro- and macro-evolution.

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Biological EvolutionEar, InnerFossilsAnimalsFemaleMalePhylogenybony labyrinthCT‐scaninner earpetrosal

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PMID39412520
PMCPMC11828741

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