bony inner ear of a squirrel monkey (IMAGE)

University of the Witwatersrand

bony inner ear of a squirrel monkey

Caption

The bony inner ear of a squirrel monkey (in blue) and the soft tissues inside it (in red). Relations between bony and soft tissue structures have been studied in extant species to infer inner ear function in fossils and infer whether they were cold or warm-blooded.

Credit

Romain David

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License

Public Domain

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