Witmer, L. M., and R. C. Ridgely. 2008. The paranasal air sinuses of ...
Witmer, L. M., and R. C. Ridgely. 2008. The paranasal air sinuses of ...
Witmer, L. M., and R. C. Ridgely. 2008. The paranasal air sinuses of ...
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DINOSAUR PARANASAL AIR SINUSES<br />
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Figure 6.<br />
(continued)<br />
ROM 1215 takes a series <strong>of</strong> twists <strong>and</strong> turns that ultimately<br />
comprise two separate 3608 loops, each in a different<br />
plane. <strong>The</strong> course <strong>of</strong> the <strong>air</strong>way will be described<br />
in relation to the ‘‘alert’’ or habitual posture <strong>of</strong> the head,<br />
which is strongly down-turned (Fig. 7), as reconstructed<br />
from the orientation <strong>of</strong> the lateral semicircular canal <strong>of</strong><br />
the endosseous labyrinth (for justification, see <strong>Witmer</strong><br />
et al., 2003, 2008; Sereno et al., 2007). Starting rostrally