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Computer-Generated Animal Model Stimuli
Published on: July 29, 2007
北米の白亜紀後期からの移行期ヘビ
Nicholas R Longrich1, Bhart-Anjan S Bhullar, Jacques A Gauthier
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8109, USA. nicholas.longrich@yale.edu
Nature
|July 27, 2012
まとめ
化石の発見は,最も原始的なヘビであるコニオフィス・プレセデンス (Coniophis precedens) を明らかにし,ヘビは陸上の環境で穴を掘るトカゲから進化したと示唆しています. この移行期のヘビは,トカゲのような頭とヘビのような体を持ち,頭蓋骨の進化における重要な革新であった.
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
- ヘルペトロジー ヘルペトロジー
背景:
- 蛇の起源と初期の進化は,移行期化石が不足しているため,ほとんど理解されていません.
- 重要な質問には,海洋と陸上の起源,そして彼らの栄養メカニズムの進化が含まれています.
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