Broom, Robert

3 publications

Broom, Robert (detail)
1897A contribution to the comparative anatomy of the mammalian organ of Jacobson.
Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 39: 231-255. 2 pls.
—Assigns the Sirenia (together with the ungulates, etc.) to the eutherian grouping "Caenorhinata" on the basis of their supposed possession of "a well-developed organ of Jacobson" (252); but no further details or references are given to support this (incorrect) statement.
Broom, Robert (detail)
1901On the ossification of the vertebrae in the wombat and other marsupials.
Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 25(4)(100): 735-739. Pl. 49. May 20, 1901.
—States that "In the manati and the beaver among Eutherians the transverse processes of the caudal vertebrae are developed autogenously", and considers them homologous to ribs (739).
Broom, Robert (detail)
1915On the organ of Jacobson and its relations in the "Insectivora". - Part I. Tupaia and Gymnura.
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1915(2): 157-162. 2 pls. June 9, 1915 (read Apr. 13, 1915).
—Adds the Hyracoidea to the "Coenorhinata", along with the Sirenia, ungulates, etc. (162).