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Response to Comments on "Independent Origins of Middle Ear Bones in Monotremes and Therians"

2005; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 309; Issue: 5740 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.1111527

1095-9203

Thomas H. Rich, James A. Hopson, Anne M. Musser, Tim Flannery, Patricia Vickers-Rich,

Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

W e stand by our assessment of the taxonomic identity of Teinolophos trusleri and maintain that this specimen shows features that support an independent evolution of the middle ear in living monotremes and therians. Bever et al . ([ 1 ][1]) question whether the lower jaw that we ([ 2 ][2])