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恐竜の進化について
1Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
まとめ
恐竜の優位性は,先制ではなく,好機的であり,哺乳類よりも進化が遅かった. 彼らの上昇と衰退は,偶然,絶滅,大陸の漂流によって形作られました,共同進化ではありません.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
- 脊椎動物学 脊椎動物学
背景:
- トライアス紀における恐竜の優位性と,白亜紀におけるセリアン哺乳類による恐竜の置き換えが再検討されている.
- 恐竜の進化と生態学的影響に関する以前の理解が疑問視されています.
研究 の 目的:
- 恐竜の支配と進化のパターンの性質を再評価する.
- 恐竜の生物地理学と多様化に影響を与える要因を調査する.
主な方法:
- 恐竜とセリアン哺乳類の進化のテンポと適応範囲の比較分析.
- 遺族遺伝的傾向分析は,体のサイズの変化に焦点を当てています.
- 大陸の漂流と絶滅の出来事を考慮した生物地理学的分析.
主要な成果:
- 恐竜の放射は,セリアン哺乳類の放射よりも遅く,多様性が少ない.
- 鳥は小型の捕食性恐竜から進化し,これは恐竜が体格を大きくする傾向に反する傾向である.
- 恐竜と開花植物の共同進化,あるいは捕食者と獲物の恐竜群の共同進化を裏付ける証拠はない.
- 恐竜のバイオジオグラフィは,主に地域的な絶滅と,漂流する大陸の広がりによって影響を受けた.
結論:
- 恐竜の上昇と消滅は,好機的な出来事だったようです.
- 恐竜の進化の傾向は,体積の増大など,鳥の進化とは対照的です.
- 恐竜の生物地理的パターンは,大陸の分裂によってのみではなく,地質的および絶滅の出来事によって形成されました.
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