欧特里亚人CoP. 一个集成的生物和气候数据库,用于基于eutherian哺乳动物的保护古生物学
Alessandro Mondanaro1, Giorgia Girardi2, Silvia Castiglione2
1Department of Earth Science, University of Florence, via G. La Pira 4, 50121, Florence, Italy. alessandro.mondanaro@unifi.it.
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|January 13, 2025
概括
一个新的数据库,EutherianCoP,详细介绍了13972种哺乳动物化石的发生,从代晚期到全新世纪. 它将物种特征与过去气候数据联系起来,有助于古生物学研究.
科学领域:
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 古气候学 古气候学
- 哺乳动物学 哺乳动物学
背景情况:
- 了解过去的哺乳动物分布及其环境驱动因素对于进化和保护生物学至关重要.
- 现有的数据库往往缺乏全面的特征数据或详细的古气候重建.
研究的目的:
- 介绍EutherianCoP,一个新的数据库的Eutherian (胎盘) 哺乳动物化石发生.
- 将分类学,表型学,生命史,生物地理学和遗传学数据与古气候信息相结合.
- 为研究哺乳动物进化和过去的环境提供可下载的资源.
主要方法:
- 编制了786种胎盘哺乳动物物种的13972个化石事件 (普莱斯托纪晚期-全新纪).
- 整合了155,198种现存物种的现代发生情况.
- 利用社区地球系统模型1.2和BIOME4用于古气候重建 (温度,降水,LAI等). ) 的情况.
主要成果:
- EutherianCoP包含了广泛的化石和与放射年龄相关的现代发生数据.
- 所有分析的哺乳动物的详细物种特征 (32个类别) 都包括在内.
- 每个化石遗址提供了古气候数据,包括每月降水和温度.
结论:
- EutherianCoP提供了一个独特的,集成的数据集,用于调查宏观进化模式和古生态学.
- 该数据库有助于研究塑造哺乳动物进化和灭绝的环境因素.
- 可访问的数据使古生物学和气候科学中的各种科学研究成为可能.
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