デルタテレジウム標本の影響は,早期の有袋動物の歴史に対する影響である
G W Rougier1, J R Wible, M J Novacek
1Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA. grougier@louisville.edu
Nature
|December 16, 1998
まとめ
デルタテリジウム・プレトリチューベルカラー (Deltatheridium pretrituberculare) の新モンゴルの化石は,初期の哺乳類の進化についての洞察を明らかにしています. これらの発見は,デルタテロイダンのメタテリアンの親和性を支持し,早期のテリアン系統の発達を明らかにします.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- マンモロジーは,哺乳類学です.
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
背景:
- 限られた化石から知られているデルタテロイドは,初期の哺乳類の中で不確実な系統遺伝的配置を持っています.
- 以前の分類は,それらをユーテリアン,ベースアルメタテリアン,または両者のアウトグループとして異なった方法で識別しました.
- 稀少な化石記録は,初期のセリアン進化の理解を妨げています.
研究 の 目的:
- モンゴルの白亜紀後期に発見されたDeltatheridium pretrituberculareの2つの新種を記述する.
- 歯の置換パターンと/頭蓋骨底の形状をベース・テリアン哺乳類で調査する.
- デルタヒロイドの親和性とその早期哺乳類の進化における役割に関する矛盾する仮説を解決する.
主な方法:
- Deltatheridium pretrituberculare.の2つの新しい化石標本の記述.
- 入れ歯,下,および基本頭蓋骨の形態学の分析.
- 新しい形態学的データを取り入れた系統遺伝分析.
主要な成果:
- 新しい標本では,歯の置換と頭蓋骨歯の形態学に関する詳細な情報を提供します.
- 証拠は,デルタテロイドンとのメタテリアン afinitiesをサポートしています.
- 歯の置換と頭蓋骨の血管化の特殊な袋類のパターンは,デルタテリジウムで特定されました.
結論:
- デルタテロイドは基礎的メタテリアンとして確認されています.
- デルタテリジウムの重要な形態学的特徴は,メタテリア全体に特徴的です.
- 完全な化石標本は,哺乳類における初期の進化的出来事を理解するために極めて重要です.
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