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Evolución gradual paralela de los trilobitas del Ordovícico
1Department of Geology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Nature
|December 10, 1987
Resumen
Este estudio presenta evidencia de una evolución gradual en los trilobites, desafiando la idea de un cambio evolutivo rápido. El análisis detallado de los registros fósiles revela cambios lentos y continuos dentro de los linajes durante millones de años.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Paleontología Paleontología.
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los estudios de fósiles de alta resolución son escasos para evaluar los patrones evolutivos.
- La distinción entre gradualismo y equilibrio puntuado a menudo se basa en datos fósiles limitados.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Proporcionar evidencia detallada del gradualismo filético en el registro fósil.
- Para investigar los patrones evolutivos en los macroinvertebrados bentónicos utilizando fósiles de trilobites.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de aproximadamente 15.000 fósiles de trilobites del centro de Gales.
- Examen de los caracteres de diagnóstico de especies, como el número de costillas de pigidios, durante un período de tres millones de años.
Principales resultados:
- Se observaron aumentos netos en las costillas pigidial en hasta ocho linajes de trilobites.
- Identificó morfologías intermedias e inversiones temporales de tendencia dentro de los linajes.
- Demostró que la subdivisión taxonómica en especies discretas era poco práctica debido a la variación continua.
Conclusiones:
- El estudio proporciona algunas de las primeras pruebas detalladas de gradualismo filético en macroinvertebrados bentónicos.
- La mala interpretación del cambio gradual como puntuación y estancamiento puede surgir de la aplicación de la taxonomía tradicional de Linneo.
- La pronta aplicación de la taxonomía binomial puede dificultar la detección de patrones evolutivos gradualistas.
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