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Vertebrate Evolution: The Stirrup-Shaped Stapes The Stirrup-Shaped Stapes

A stirrup-shaped ear bone evolved in the common ancestor of the animal groups on the orange branches. A blood vessel goes through the opening in the stirrup.

Amphicyon and Ramoceros
Notharctus

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