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オールド・ワールドの化石記録には,現代型のハミングバードが記録されています
1Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Division of Ornithology, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Gerald.Mayr@senckenberg.de
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|May 8, 2004
まとめ
化石の骨格は,ネクタリボリーと浮遊に特化した初期のハミングバードが,オリゴセンの初期に旧大陸に存在していたことを明らかにしています. この発見は,現代のハミングバードの進化と鳥と花の共同進化の起源を後退させます.
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
- パレオエコロジー (Paleoecology) とは
背景:
- コリミングバードの化石は稀で,ほとんどが新世界から知られている.
- 初期のハミングバードの進化史と地理的分布は,まだ完全に理解されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 現代のタイプのハミングバードの最も古い化石の発見を報告するために.
- 蜂鳥の初期の進化と古生物学地理を調査する.
- 初期の鳥と花の相互作用への影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- 化石発掘と小さな骨格の分析.
- 現存するハミングバードと化石ハミングバードとの形態学的比較.
- パレオジオグラフィの再構築.
主要な成果:
- ドイツでオリゴセンの初期の幹群ハミングバード化石の発見.
- 化石には,ネクタリボリーや浮遊飛行の特化など,現代的な特徴が示されています.
- これらは現代型のハミングバードの最も古い化石であり,旧世界から報告された最初のものです.
結論:
- 初期のハミングバードの進化は,新世界だけに留まらなかった.
- この発見は,鳥と花の共進化 (オルニトフィリ) がオリゴセンの初期に遡ることを示唆している.
- この発見は,旧世界の植物におけるオルニトフィリーの起源に関する新しい洞察を提供します.
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