Impedance-Matching Hearing in Paleozoic Reptiles: Evidence of Advanced Sensory Perception at an Early Stage of Amniote Evolution
Johannes Müller, Linda A. Tsuji · 2007
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Johannes Muller and Linda Tsuji found signs of advanced hearing in early land reptiles, reporting in PLOS ONE in 2007. A working middle ear that matches sound pressure between air and the inner ear is a mark of sharp hearing in land vertebrates. When that system first appeared was an open question in the story of amniotes, the group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals.
The authors read the fossil evidence for an impedance matching ear in Paleozoic reptiles, from long before mammals existed. Their case pushes refined hearing far back in time. It suggests the first land vertebrates were sensing their world in more detail than often assumed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Johannes Müller, Linda A. Tsuji |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2007 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000889