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Veselka et al. reply

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  • Nina Veselka

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • David D. McErlain

    (Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
    University of Western Ontario)

  • David W. Holdsworth

    (Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
    Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario)

  • Judith L. Eger

    (Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada)

  • Rethy K. Chhem

    (Medical University of Vienna
    International Atomic Energy Agency, Wagramer Strasse 5PO Box 200, 1400 Vienna, Austria)

  • Matthew J. Mason

    (Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)

  • Kirsty L. Brain

    (Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)

  • Paul A. Faure

    (Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University)

  • M. Brock Fenton

    (University of Western Ontario)

Abstract

Replying to: N. B. Simmons, K. L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer & G. F. Gunnell Nature 466, 10.1038/nature09219 (2010). We appreciate the comments of Simmons et al. 1 and welcome the new information they have provided about the oldest fossil bat, Onychonycteris finneyi, as well as their confirmation of contact between the stylohyal and tympanic bones in Myzopoda aurita, an extant laryngeal echolocator. Two skeletal features—relatively large cochleae and contact between the stylohyal and tympanic bones—identify extant bats with the capacity for laryngeal echolocation. Although the size of the cochlea can be measured in O. finneyi, the stylohyals may or may not have contacted the tympanics. Simmons et al.1 disagree with our interpretation2 of the possible contact between the stylohyal and the tympanic bone in O. finneyi, which indicated that this Eocene bat may have had the capacity for laryngeal echolocation, and have a different interpretation of our results.

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  • Nina Veselka & David D. McErlain & David W. Holdsworth & Judith L. Eger & Rethy K. Chhem & Matthew J. Mason & Kirsty L. Brain & Paul A. Faure & M. Brock Fenton, 2010. "Veselka et al. reply," Nature, Nature, vol. 466(7309), pages 9-9, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:466:y:2010:i:7309:d:10.1038_nature09246
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09246
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