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コメント "恐竜の夜行性は,スクレラル環と軌道形態学から推論された"
Margaret I Hall1, E Christopher Kirk, Jason M Kamilar
1Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 24, 2011
まとめ
軌道とスクレラルリングの解剖学を用いた中世アーコサウルスの活動パターンの再構築は,まだ信頼できない. この研究は,以前の研究における重大な欠陥を発見し,恐竜の行動を決定するための現在の方法に疑問を投げかけました.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- 脊椎動物学 脊椎動物学
背景:
- Schmitz and Motani (2011) の以前の研究では,メソゾイクアーコサウルスの活動パターンを再構築することを提案しました.
- この再構築は,軌道とスクレラルリングの解剖学的分析に基づいて行われた.
研究 の 目的:
- Schmitz and Motani (2011) の研究で使用されたデータ,方法,解釈を批判的に評価する.
- 化石アーコサウルスの活動パターンの再構築の信頼性を評価する.
主な方法:
- Schmitz and Motani (2011) によって提示されたデータの再検討.
- 元の研究で採用された方法論の批判的分析.
- アーコサウルスの活動パターンに関する解釈の評価.
主要な成果:
- シュミッツとモタニが使用したデータには重大な欠陥が認められた.
- 当初の研究で適用された方法は不適切であることが判明しました.
- アーコサウルスの活動パターンに関する解釈は疑わしい.
結論:
- ほとんどのメソゾイクアーコサウルスの活動パターンの再構築は,現在の方法では自信を持って決定することはできません.
- 化石アーコサウルスの行動を正確に評価するために,改良された方法論を用いたさらなる研究が必要である.
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