Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Zheng, Xiaoting1,2; Wang, Xiaoli1; Sullivan, Corwin3,4; Zhang, Xiaomei2; Zhang, Fucheng1![]() ![]() |
刊名 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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出版日期 | 2018-09-21 |
卷号 | 8页码:8 |
ISSN号 | 2045-2322 |
DOI | 10.1038/s41598-018-32202-x |
通讯作者 | Wang, Xiaoli(wang_7355@163.com) ; Xu, Xing(xingxu@vip.sina.com) |
英文摘要 | Birds have a highly specialized and efficient digestive system, but when this system originated remains uncertain. Here we report six gastric pellets attributable to the recently discovered 160-million-yearold troodontid dinosaur Anchiornis, which is among the key taxa for understanding the transition to birds. The gastric pellets contain lightly acid-etched lizard bones or fish scales, and some are associated with Anchiornis skeletons or even situated within the oesophagus. Anchiornis is the earliest and most basal theropod known to have produced gastric pellets. In combination with other lines of evidence, the pellets suggest that a digestive system resembling that of modern birds was already present in basal members of the Paraves, a Glade including troodontids, dromaeosaurids, and birds, and that the evolution of modern avian digestion may have been related to the appearance of aerial locomotion in this lineage. |
WOS关键词 | THEROPOD DINOSAUR ; CHINA ; COPROLITES ; EVOLUTION ; MICRORAPTOR ; PATTERNS ; BEHAVIOR ; BIRDS |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41372014] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41472023] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41402017] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41120124002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[91514302] ; NSERC[RGPIN-2017-06246] ; University of Alberta |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000445276000061 |
出版者 | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; NSERC ; University of Alberta |
源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8968] ![]() |
专题 | 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所 |
通讯作者 | Wang, Xiaoli; Xu, Xing |
作者单位 | 1.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276005, Shandong, Peoples R China 2.Shandong Tianyu Museum Nat, Pingyi 273300, Shandong, Peoples R China 3.Univ Alberta, Dept Biol Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada 4.Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum, Wembley, AB T0H 3S0, Canada 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zheng, Xiaoting,Wang, Xiaoli,Sullivan, Corwin,et al. Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2018,8:8. |
APA | Zheng, Xiaoting.,Wang, Xiaoli.,Sullivan, Corwin.,Zhang, Xiaomei.,Zhang, Fucheng.,...&Xu, Xing.(2018).Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,8,8. |
MLA | Zheng, Xiaoting,et al."Exceptional dinosaur fossils reveal early origin of avian-style digestion".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 8(2018):8. |
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来源:古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
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