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Comparative cranial morphology in living and extinct platypuses: Feeding behavior, electroreception, and loss of teeth
The modern platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, has an eye structure similar to aquatic mammals; however, platypuses also have a “sixth sense” associated with the bill electro- and mechanoreception that they use without opening their eyes underwater. We hypothesize that Ornithorhynchus and the Miocen...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27757425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601329 |