Veselka et al. reply

Nina Veselka (), David D. McErlain, David W. Holdsworth, Judith L. Eger, Rethy K. Chhem, Matthew J. Mason, Kirsty L. Brain, Paul A. Faure and M. Brock Fenton ()
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Nina Veselka: University of Western Ontario
David D. McErlain: Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
David W. Holdsworth: Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario
Judith L. Eger: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada
Rethy K. Chhem: Medical University of Vienna
Matthew J. Mason: Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Kirsty L. Brain: Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Paul A. Faure: Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University
M. Brock Fenton: University of Western Ontario

Nature, 2010, vol. 466, issue 7309, E9-E9

Abstract: Abstract Replying to: N. B. Simmons, K. L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer & G. F. Gunnell Nature 466, 10.1038/nature09219 (2010). We appreciate the comments of Simmons et al. 1 and welcome the new information they have provided about the oldest fossil bat, Onychonycteris finneyi, as well as their confirmation of contact between the stylohyal and tympanic bones in Myzopoda aurita, an extant laryngeal echolocator. Two skeletal features—relatively large cochleae and contact between the stylohyal and tympanic bones—identify extant bats with the capacity for laryngeal echolocation. Although the size of the cochlea can be measured in O. finneyi, the stylohyals may or may not have contacted the tympanics. Simmons et al.1 disagree with our interpretation2 of the possible contact between the stylohyal and the tympanic bone in O. finneyi, which indicated that this Eocene bat may have had the capacity for laryngeal echolocation, and have a different interpretation of our results.

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