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体温の調節は,メソゾーイク時代の海洋爬虫類の体温を調節する

Aurélien Bernard1, Christophe Lécuyer, Peggy Vincent

  • 1CNRS UMR 5125, Paléoenvironnements et Paléobiosphère, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, 2 Rue Raphaël Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 12, 2010
PubMed
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イクチオサウル,プレシオサウル,モササウルなどの絶滅した海洋爬虫類は,おそらく温血で,活発な捕食と古代の海で長距離泳ぎのために高い体温を維持していました.

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