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Jingmai O'Connor¹, Alexander Clark^2,3, Pei-Chen Kuo²

¹Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA. jingmai.oconnor@gmail.com.

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概括

一个新的Archaeopteryx化石揭示了早期鸟类进化的关键细节. 这个标本阐明了骨和羽毛的发育,

科学领域:

古生物学
进化生物学
脊椎动物学

背景情况:

考古是一种标志性的过渡性化石,
之前对Archaeopteryx形态的解释受到化石保存和准备的限制.

研究的目的:

报告一个几乎完整的第十四个Archaeopteryx标本.
提供关于早期鸟类骨转变和羽毛演变的新见解.
改进生态预测并阐明Archaeopterygidae的进化历史.

主要方法:

微型计算机断层扫描 (micro-CT) 数据指导着化石的特殊准备.
对头骨,脊柱,手和脚进行详细的形态分析.
检查皮肤痕迹和羽毛结构,包括三角形.

主要成果:

头骨表现出三动物和白鸟类之间的口腔形态,其修改表明头骨结构不那么刚硬.
脊柱是完整的, 揭示了配对的体和比以前知道的更长的尾巴.
皮肤痕迹表明一个移动的小数字, 和脚形态表明陆地运动. 特殊的第三层羽毛存在, 表明适应飞行.

结论:

这种特殊的Archaeopteryx标本阐明了它的各种特征, 完善了我们对早期鸟类进化的理解.
这些发现支持第三层羽毛是为飞行进化的假设,为空气动力学表面做出了贡献.
这项研究提供了有关Archaeopterygidae祖先状况和进化历史的重要线索.

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