Precocious Ossification of the Tympanoperiotic Bone in Fetal and Newborn Dolphins: An Evolutionary Adaptation to the Aquatic Environment?

Precocial development within the tympanoperiotic complex in cetaceans

(2014) Winston C. Lancaster et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Fetal and Early Post-Natal Mineralization of the Tympanic Bulla in Fin Whales May Reveal a Hitherto Undiscovered Evolutionary Trait

(2012) Bruno Cozzi et al.   PLoS One

Development of the Skull of the Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata)

(2011) Meghan M. Moran et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Magnetic resonance microscopy of prenatal dolphins (Mammalia, Odontoceti, Delphinidae) – Ontogenetic and phylogenetic implications

(2011) Daniel Haddad et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

Sequential and precise in vivo measurement of bone mineral density in rats using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry

(2010) Patrick Ammann et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH

A New Acoustic Portal into the Odontocete Ear and Vibrational Analysis of the Tympanoperiotic Complex

(2010) Ted W. Cranford et al.   PLoS One

Bone Density Distribution Patterns in the Rostrum of Delphinids and Beaked Whales: Evidence of Family-Specific Evolutive Traits

(2009) Bruno Cozzi et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Physiological values and factors affecting the metacarpal bone density of healthy feedlot beef cattle as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

(2009) A. Zotti et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

Exceptional bone density DXA values of the rostrum of a deep-diving marine mammal: a new technical insight in the adaptation of bone to aquatic life

(2009) Alessandro Zotti et al.   SKELETAL RADIOLOGY

Sisters of the Sinuses: Cetacean Air Sacs

(2008) Joy S. Reidenberg et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

L’origine et l’histoire évolutive des Cétacés

(2008) Christian de Muizon   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL