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| Morphology of the braincase in the broadnosed sevengill shark Notorynchus (Elasmobranchii, Hexanchiformes), based on CT scanning. American Museum novitates ; no. 3429 |
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| Title: | Morphology of the braincase in the broadnosed sevengill shark Notorynchus (Elasmobranchii, Hexanchiformes), based on CT scanning. American Museum novitates ; no. 3429 |
| Other Titles: | Braincase of Notorynchus |
| Authors: | Maisey, John G. |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | American Museum novitates ; no. 3429 |
| Abstract: | "A detailed description is presented of the neurocranium in the hexanchiform shark Notorynchus cepedianus, a primitive modern elasmobranch (neoselachian). The study is based on high-resolution CT scanning and digital imaging, which revealed both the external and internal morphology of a wax-impregnated braincase. Besides providing new data concerning Notorynchus and neoselachians generally, the investigation also provides a control for establishing the reliability of morphological observations of fossil elasmobranch braincases based on CT scans. Many of the features described here have considerable phylogenetic potential, although comparative CT scan data are still unavailable for most modern and extinct elasmobranchs"--P. [1]. |
| Description: | 52 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-52). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/2794 |
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