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Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear

Evidence from the Fossil Record

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Editors:
  1. Jennifer A. Clack

    1. University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  2. Richard R Fay

    1. Marine Biological Laboratory , Woods Hole, USA

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  3. Arthur N. Popper

    1. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  • Illuminates the evolutionary pathways the auditory system has taken and the diversity it has achieved
  • Presents the most recent findings in each of the major bony vertebrate clades
  • Focuses on the paleontological evidence for the evolution of hearing and the ear from the perspective of some of the leading paleontologists and evolutionary biologists in the world
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 59)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Vertebrate Diversity in a Sensory System: The Fossil Record of Otic Evolution

    • Jennifer A. Clack
    Pages 1-16

  3. Actinopterygians: The Ray-Finned Fishes—An Explosion of Diversity

    • Matt Friedman, Sam Giles
    Pages 17-49

  4. Sarcopterygians: From Lobe-Finned Fishes to the Tetrapod Stem Group

    • Jennifer A. Clack, Per Erik Ahlberg
    Pages 51-70

  5. Early Tetrapods: Experimenting with Form and Function

    • Jennifer A. Clack, Jason S. Anderson
    Pages 71-105

  6. Non-Mammalian Synapsids: The Beginning of the Mammal Line

    • Tom S. Kemp
    Pages 107-137

  7. Evolution of the Middle and Inner Ears of Mammaliaforms: The Approach to Mammals

    • Zhe-Xi Luo, Julia A. Schultz, Eric G. Ekdale
    Pages 139-174

  8. The Ear of Mammals: From Monotremes to Humans

    • Eric G. Ekdale
    Pages 175-206

  9. Basal Reptilians, Marine Diapsids, and Turtles: The Flowering of Reptile Diversity

    • Gabriela Sobral, Robert Reisz, James M. Neenan, Johannes Müller, Torsten M. Scheyer
    Pages 207-243

  10. The Lepidosaurian Ear: Variations on a Theme

    • Susan E. Evans
    Pages 245-284

  11. Archosaurs and Their Kin: The Ruling Reptiles

    • Gabriela Sobral, Johannes Müller
    Pages 285-326

  12. Amphibia: A Case of Diversity and Convergence in the Auditory Region

    • Rainer R. Schoch, Jason S. Anderson
    Pages 327-355
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About this book

The evolution of vertebrate hearing is of considerable interest in the hearing community.  However, there has never been a volume that has focused on the paleontological evidence for the evolution of hearing and the ear, especially from the perspective of some of the leading paleontologists and evolutionary biologists in the world.  Thus, this volume is totally unique, and takes a perspective that has never been taken before. It brings to the fore some of the most recent discoveries among fossil taxa, which have demonstrated the sort of detailed information that can be derived from the fossil record, illuminating the evolutionary pathways this sensory system has taken and the diversity it had achieved.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Jennifer A. Clack

  • Marine Biological Laboratory , Woods Hole, USA

    Richard R Fay

  • Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear

  • Book Subtitle: Evidence from the Fossil Record

  • Editors: Jennifer A. Clack, Richard R Fay, Arthur N. Popper

  • Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46659-0Published: 30 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83556-3Published: 07 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46661-3Published: 21 December 2016

  • Series ISSN: 0947-2657

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 355

  • Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences

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