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Comentario sobre "La nocturnidad en los dinosaurios inferida de la morfología del anillo escleral y la órbita"
Margaret I Hall1, E Christopher Kirk, Jason M Kamilar
1Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 24, 2011
Resumen
La reconstrucción de los patrones de actividad de los arcosaurios del Mesozoico utilizando la órbita y la anatomía del anillo escleral aún no es confiable. Este estudio encontró fallas significativas en investigaciones anteriores, cuestionando los métodos actuales para determinar el comportamiento de los dinosaurios.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Paleontología Paleontología.
- Zoología de los vertebrados Zoología de los vertebrados.
Sus antecedentes:
- Investigaciones anteriores de Schmitz y Motani (2011) propusieron reconstruir los patrones de actividad de los arcosaurios del Mesozoico.
- Esta reconstrucción se basó en el análisis de la órbita y la anatomía del anillo escleral.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para evaluar críticamente los datos, métodos e interpretaciones utilizados en el estudio de Schmitz y Motani (2011).
- Para evaluar la fiabilidad de la reconstrucción de los patrones de actividad en archosaurios fósiles.
Principales métodos:
- Reexamen de los datos presentados por Schmitz y Motani (2011).
- Análisis crítico de las metodologías empleadas en el estudio original.
- Evaluación de las interpretaciones con respecto a los patrones de actividad de los archosaurios.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron fallas significativas en los datos utilizados por Schmitz y Motani.
- Se encontró que los métodos aplicados en el estudio original eran inadecuados.
- Las interpretaciones con respecto a los patrones de actividad de los archosaurios son cuestionables.
Conclusiones:
- La reconstrucción de los patrones de actividad de la mayoría de los archosaurios del Mesozoico no puede determinarse con confianza con los métodos actuales.
- Se requiere más investigación con metodologías mejoradas para evaluar con precisión el comportamiento de los archosaurios fósiles.
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