在罗纪-罗纪过渡时期,对比大陆四足动物的宏观进化模式
Antoine Laboury1, Thomas L Stubbs2, Andrzej S Wolniewicz3,4,5
1Evolution & Diversity Dynamics Lab, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
|September 16, 2024
概括
海洋爬行动物Ichthyosauria和Eosauropterygia显示了对比的进化模式. 一个主要的周转事件,而不是在特里亚斯纪-罗纪边界的瓶,塑造了它们的多样性,可能是由海平面变化驱动的.
科学领域:
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 宏观进化的生物学
- 中生代海洋生态系统
背景情况:
- 海洋捕食者Ichthyosauria和Eosauropterygia在整个中生代共存.
- 之前的研究表明,这些群体在纪-罗纪 (T/J) 过渡期间存在宏观进化瓶.
- 现有的分析通常依赖于有限的形态和时间数据.
研究的目的:
- 为了全面比较石类和eosauropterygian形态和身体大小的宏观进化模式.
- 为了研究进化趋势的特里亚纪中期到罗纪早期的间隔.
- 用详细的数据重新评估T/J瓶的假设.
主要方法:
- 对 Ichthyosaurian 和 eosauropterygian 的形态,体型和生态形态空间进行比较分析.
- 检查牙表型和形状演变的研究.
- 跨越中纪到罗纪早期的时间分析.
主要成果:
- 类类的生态形态空间显示出强烈的家族遗传信号,具有明显的头骨牙,表明进入新的养生态的飞跃.
- 石类的多样化缺乏明确的趋势,在三叠纪和纪早期的形式之间重叠的牙形态.
- 没有支持突然的T / J瓶;营业额事件更早出现,与海平面快速下降有关.
结论:
- 石类动物和eosauropterygia表现出对比的宏观进化模式,挑战了以前的瓶假设.
- 欧萨欧类的进化特点是明显的遗传学飞跃,而伊类的多样化更为连续.
- 在T/J过渡之前,海洋爬行动物可能发生了显著的周转,受到海平面波动等环境变化的影响.
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