Middle Ear Cavity Morphology Is Consistent with an Aquatic Origin for Testudines

Katie L. Willis; Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard; Darlene R. Ketten; Catherine E. Carr

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054086

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Middle Ear Cavity Morphology Is Consistent with an Aquatic Origin for Testudines

Katie L. Willis ,

* E-mail: kwillis@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard,

Affiliation Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark
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Darlene R. Ketten,

Affiliation Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Catherine E. Carr

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Middle Ear Cavity Morphology Is Consistent with an Aquatic Origin for Testudines

Katie L. Willis,
Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard,
Darlene R. Ketten,
Catherine E. Carr

Published: January 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054086

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