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Hirasawa, T., Pascual-Anaya, J., Kamezaki, N., Taniguchi, M., Mine, K. and Kuratani, S. (2015) The Evolutionary Origin of the Turtle Shell and Its Dependence on the Axial Arrest of the Embryonic Rib Cage. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 324, 194-207.
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• TITLE: Measurements on the Turtle’s Shell that Help Illuminate How the Fishes Lateral Line Function Was Replaced by the Reptilian Hearing Organ

  AUTHORS: Michelangelo Rossetto

  KEYWORDS: Turtle Shell, Lateral Line, Amphibian Ear, Shell Reflections, Directionality Sense

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.14 No.4, April 14, 2022

  ABSTRACT: The acoustic sense of fish, embodied in the lateral line, no longer worked when amphibians ventured onto the land. The new acoustic environment where sound traveled in the thin medium of air rather than the relatively dense medium of water presented a major challenge. The multiple sensors of the lateral line were replaced by one gross sensor, the tympanic membrane or eardrum. We show acoustical measurements on the turtle shell that can suggest a possible explanation of how the turtle dealt with the issue of sensing the directionality of incoming sounds.