在祷告的猛禽附属体中,形态进化的模式
Alejandro Izquierdo-López1, Christine Kiesmüller2, Carsten Gröhn3
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Insect science
|July 25, 2024
概括
从行走的祖先来说,祈祷灵长的掠夺脚的进化不清楚. 化石证据表明,古代Dictyoptera的过渡性掠食性附属物,提供了神灵腿进化的线索.
科学领域:
- 昆虫的进化 昆虫的进化
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 形态测量法 形态测量法 形态测量法
背景情况:
- 曼托迪亚 (祈祷灵) 是Dictyoptera中的掠食性昆虫,以掠食性前腿区分开来.
- 灵魂的进化过渡从走路到猛禽的腿仍然不太了解.
- 曼托代人的化石记录稀少,限制了对早期进化的洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究猛禽类附属物在Dictyoptera的进化历史.
- 为了描述新的化石mantodean nymphs和扩大化石记录.
- 为了确定潜在的过渡形式,将步行和猛禽腿形态联系起来.
主要方法:
- 使用形态测量方法来分析Dictyoptera中的附属物进化.
- 描述和分析两个新的曼托代尼姆夫化石,来自白纪和纪.
- 比较现存和化石blattodean和mantodean附属物的形态空间.
主要成果:
- 布拉托丹和曼托丹的附属物在形态空间上是不同的.
- 几种非曼托迪亚化石附属物表现出掠夺性特征,暗示过渡形式.
- 来自白和纪的两个新的曼托代尼姆夫扩大了化石记录.
- 现存的灵长腿形态的变化,特别是腿的直,与多样化相关.
- Femur 加厚可能表明早期的Cursorial狩猎适应.
结论:
- 化石证据提供了Dictyoptera中行走和猛禽附属体之间的潜在过渡联系.
- 这项研究揭示了进化途径,导致祈祷的特殊猛禽腿.
- 新的化石发现对理解人类的进化历史作出了重大贡献.
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