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There is a consensus among mammalian systematists insofar as most hold the composition of the bulla and, to a lesser degree, the circulatory patterns associated with the middle ear to be both conservative in some features and sufficiently diversified in others to be extremely useful. It is this combination that renders basicranial evidence valuable in formulating phylogenetic hypotheses for taxa above the generic and family rank.
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Szalay, F.S. (1975). Phylogeny of Primate Higher Taxa. In: Luckett, W.P., Szalay, F.S. (eds) Phylogeny of the Primates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2166-8_5
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