Monotreme middle ear is not primitive for Mammalia  

作　　者：Jin Meng Fangyuan Mao 

机构地区：[1]Division of Paleontology,American Museum of Natural History,USA [2]Earth and Environmental Sciences,Graduate Center,City University of New York,USA [3]Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates,Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,China [4]CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment,China

出　　处：《National Science Review》2021年第10期5-7,共3页国家科学评论（英文版）

摘　　要：The study of the evolution of the mammalian middle ear has been fueled by continuous discoveries of Mesozoic fossils in the last two decades.Wang et al.[1]recently reported a specimen of Vilevolodon diplomylos[2]that adds to the increasing knowledge about the auditory apparatus of‘haramiyidans’,an extinct Mesozoic group of mammaliaforms.The authors hypothesized that a middle ear with a monotreme-like incus and malleus and incudomallear articulation was primitive for mammals.

关 键 词：MESOZOIC PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION 

分 类 号：Q951.3[生物学—动物学]