Series: Contributions to Geology, Special
Paper No. 4
Year: 1988
Author: Miao Desui
Pages: 104
Description: Multituberculates are an extinct mammalian order that lived
in Mesozoic and early Cenozoic eras. Lambdopsalis, a Paleocene
multituberculate recovered in China, preserves cranial remains that allow in
this study: (1) a description of its skull morphology; (2) a reconstruction of
its nonfossilized structures such as the cranial nerve system and major cranial
vasculature; (3) an analysis of functional adaptation of its auditory system;
and (4) an interpretation of phylogenic relationships within multituberculates
themselves and among other major mammalian groups.
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