ジュラ紀のエウテリアン哺乳類であり,袋類と胎盤類の分岐である
Zhe-Xi Luo1, Chong-Xi Yuan, Qing-Jin Meng
1Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. luoz@carnegiemnh.org
Nature
|August 26, 2011
まとめ
中国で新しいジュラ紀のエウテリアン哺乳類の発見は,胎盤哺乳類の起源を3500万年遅らせます. この発見は,胎盤の初期の進化に関する化石の証拠と分子推定の間の不一致を解決するのに役立ちます.
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
- 哺乳類の進化について
背景:
- 胎盤類は最も豊富に存在する哺乳類であり,ケノゾーイク時代以来,陸上の生態系を支配している.
- エウテリアン (胎盤哺乳類) とメタテリアン (マルスピアル) の分岐は,哺乳類の歴史における重要な出来事である.
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