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14 results for "Catherine Musinsky"

14 results for "Catherine Musinsky"

Catherine Musinsky

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Catherine Musinsky has been Dr. Crompton's technical assistant, editor, illustrator, and research assistant for over 25 years. She CT-scans fossils, reconstructs them in 3D, and segments the bones and muscles of extant and extinct animals. She also...

Evolution of the mammalian fauces region and the origin of suckling

Journal Article
Suckling in therian mammals requires synchronous activity in the tensor veli palatini, palatoglossus, mylohyoideus and intrinsic tongue muscles that close the fauces. These muscles draw the dorsal surface of the tongue against a tensed soft palate to form...

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As an Emeritus Professor, AW "Fuzz" Crompton has mentored a vast population of distinguished former post docs, graduate students and undergraduates. He collaborates on current research with one-time OEB grad students turned professors, Tomasz Owerkowicz...

AW "Fuzz" Crompton

Person

As an Emeritus Professor, AW "Fuzz" Crompton has mentored a vast population of distinguished former post docs, graduate students and undergraduates. He collaborates on current research with one-time OEB grad students turned professors, Tomasz Owerkowicz a...

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AW Crompton's 60 years of research into the origins of mammals have focused on the evolution of the head. He turned for many years to extant animals in order to understand the complex functions of chewing, swallowing, suckling and other aspects of oral...

Origin of the Mammalian Fauces

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The following is adapted from a talk given by Catherine at the International Paleontology Conference in Paris, France, on July 10, 2018: Tracing the shape of the pterygoid bone in the path leading to extant mammals reveals some intriguing stories about...