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Triassic Coelacanths: Did They Use Their Lungs to Sense Ocean Sounds?
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Triassic Coelacanths: Did They Use Their Lungs to Sense Ocean Sounds?
New research on two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils reveals an intriguing sensory adaptation: ossified lungs that transmit sound to the inner ear, shedding light on how early vertebrates interpreted their environment. Reconstruction of a Triassic coelacanth. This schematic illustrates the connection between ossified lungs and the inner ear, enabling underwater hearing. Image credit: A. Beneteau & [...] The post Triassic Coelacanths: Did …
Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound to the inner ear, offering new clues to how early vertebrates perceived their environment. The post Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
Surprising double function: The lungs of primordial tassels were not only used for breathing – they were also her ear, as paleontologists have discovered. According to this, the oscillated, large lungs of these fish were connected to their inner ear via a bone structure and lymph-filled pathways. These transmitted the pressure fluctuations generated by sound to the ears of the tassels. Only when their descendants recreated the lungs did the hear…
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