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The Development of the Chondrocranium of Melopsittacus undulatus

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Authors:
  1. Johannes M. Kock

    1. Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa

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Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 104)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
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  2. Introduction

    • Johannes M. de Kock
    Pages 1-2

  3. Material and Technique

    • Johannes M. de Kock
    Pages 3-3

  4. Description of Developmental Stages

    • Johannes M. de Kock
    Pages 4-54

  5. Resumé and Discussion

    • Johannes M. de Kock
    Pages 55-61

  6. Summary and Comparison with Lang’s Results

    • Johannes M. de Kock
    Pages 62-64

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 65-72
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The study of the avian chondrocranium began in 1866 with W.K. Parker's "On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe". With this and other excellent papers, W.K. Parker (1866, 1869, 1875, 1876) laid the foundation for the study of the bird's skull. W.K. Parker's work was continued by T.J. Parker (1888, 1891), who investigated the skull of Apteryx. Apart from the studies of the Parkers, the most important contribution to the study of the development of the bird's skull published before 1900 is Suschkin's (1899) excellent and detailed account of Tinnunculus. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sonies (1907) made a further contribution with his study on the development of the chondrocrania of Anas and Gallus. The first major work to appear after that of Sonies was De Beer and Barr­ ington's (1934) study on the segmentation and chondrification of the skull of Anas. This was an important contribution, because they not only standardized the nomenclature but also compared the avian chondrocranium with that of reptiles and mammals and discussed morphological problems on the basis of these comparisons.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa

    Johannes M. Kock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Development of the Chondrocranium of Melopsittacus undulatus

  • Authors: Johannes M. Kock

  • Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72578-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-17674-9Published: 22 May 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72578-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0301-5556

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 72

  • Topics: Anatomy

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