Ashley Latimer- MS
- University of Zurich
Ashley Latimer
- MS
- University of Zurich
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The shape of the semicircular canals of the inner ear of living squamate reptiles has been used to infer phylogenetic relationships, body size, and life habits. Often these inferences are made without controlling for the effects of the other ones. Here we examine the semicircular canals of 94 species of extant limbed lepidosaurs using th...
Transitions to and from aquatic life involve transformations in sensory systems.The Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii, offers the chance to investigate the cranio-sensory anatomy in the most aquatic of all seals. The use of non-invasive computed tomography on specimens of this rare animal reveals, relative to other species of phocids, a reduction in th...
Exceptional variability in the shell of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri, both in the keratinous surficial scutes and the underlying bones, in addition to its remarkably fenestrated bony shell are unique among tortoises. Based on 14 individuals of different sizes and ages, the observed variation in M. tornieri
was described in detail, wi...
The inner ear and brain endocast (Fig. 1) using micro CT scandata is part of a revised osteological analysis of the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri (Mautner et al., 201X). This tortoise has a very flat shell, which allows the animal to hide in cracks and under rocks in its natural habitat, i.e. rocky arid shrub and thorny brush environments...
