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"The study of the avian chondrocranium began in 1866 with W.K. Parker's ""On the structure and development of the skull in the ostrich tribe"". With this and other excellent papers, W.K. Parker (1866, 1869, 1875, 1876) laid the foundation for the study of the bird's skull. W.K. Parker's work was continued by T.J. Parker (1888, 1891), who investigated the skull of Apteryx. Apart from the studies of the Parkers, the most important contribution to the study of the development of the bird's skull published before 1900 is Suschkin's (1899) excellent and detailed account of Tinnunculus. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Sonies (1907) made a further contribution with his study on the development of the chondrocrania of Anas and Gallus. The first major work to appear after that of Sonies was De Beer and Barr­ ington's (1934) study on the segmentation and chondrification of the skull of Anas. This was an important contribution, because they not only standardized the nomenclature but also compared the avian chondrocranium with that of reptiles and mammals and discussed morphological problems on the basis of these comparisons."

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Author:   Johannes M. de Kock
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume:   104
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.190kg
ISBN:  

9783540176749

ISBN 10:   3540176748
Pages:   72
Publication Date:   22 May 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Material and Technique.- 3 Description of Developmental Stages.- 3.1 Stage I.- 3.2 Stage II.- 3.3 Stage III.- 3.4 Stage IV.- 3.5 Stage V.- 3.6 Stage VI.- 3.7 Stage VII.- 3.8 Stage VIII.- 3.9 Stage IX.- 4 Resumé and Discussion.- 4.1 The Basal Plate and Acrochordal Cartilage.- 4.2 The Orbital Region.- 4.3 The Nasal Capsules.- 4.4 The Visceral Skeleton.- 5 Summary and Comparison with Lang’s Results.- Acknowledgements.- References.

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