HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?
文献类型：期刊论文
| 作者 | O'Connor, J. K.1; Chang, H.2 |
| 刊名 | ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL
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| 出版日期 | 2014-10-01 |
| 卷号 | 93期号:10页码:1166-1172 |
| 关键词 | Mesozoic Hind Wings Sapeornis Paraves Hindlimb Feathers |
| 文献子类 | Article |
| 英文摘要 | The recently described specimen of Sapeornis with feathers around the ankle joint is the first finding of birds with metatarsal feathers. The discovery of several groups of paravians with feathered distal hindlimbs has been used as evidence that flight in Ayes evolved through the tetrapteryx stage. However, most specimens of Sapeornis do not preserve feathers around the feet, and these feathers are clearly absent in at least one exceptional specimen preserving skin and feather impressions. This suggests that the presence of ankle feathers in Sapeornis may alternatively he interpreted as ornamentation. Basal birds show more ornamental tail morphologies than aerodynamic ones suggesting that sexual selection played a dominant role in shaping tail plumage. Feathers on the forelimbs initially evolved for a purpose other than flight, and we propose aerodynamics was not the driving force in the hindlimb feather evolution. Feathers appear to be means of visual communication playing a very important role in the evolution of paravian plumage. |
| WOS关键词 | EARLY CRETACEOUS BIRD ; EARLY EVOLUTION ; LONG FEATHERS ; LEG FEATHERS ; CHINA ; METATARSUS ; MORPHOLOGY ; SPECIMEN ; THEROPOD ; ORIGIN |
| WOS研究方向 | Zoology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000346956600003 |
| 源URL | [http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7182]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Henan Geol Museum, Zhengzhou 450016, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | O'Connor, J. K.,Chang, H.. HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?[J]. ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL,2014,93(10):1166-1172. |
| APA | O'Connor, J. K.,&Chang, H..(2014).HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?.ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL,93(10),1166-1172. |
| MLA | O'Connor, J. K.,et al."HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?".ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL 93.10(2014):1166-1172. |
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来源：古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
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