Growth and miniaturization among alvarersauroid dinosaurs
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| 作者 | Qin, Zichuan5; Zhao, Qi3,4; Choiniere, Jonah N.2; Clark, James M.1; Benton, Michael J.5; Xu, Xing3,4
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| 刊名 | CURRENT BIOLOGY
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| 出版日期 | 2021-08-23 |
| 卷号 | 31期号:16页码:3687-+ |
| ISSN号 | 0960-9822 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.013 |
| 通讯作者 | Xu, Xing(xu.xing@ivpp.ac.cn) |
| 英文摘要 | Sustained miniaturization, here defined as a drop in body size of at least two orders of magnitude from ancestors to descendants, is a widespread and important phenomenon in animals,(1-3) but among dinosaurs, miniaturization occurred only rarely, once in the lineage leading to birds and once in the Alvarersauroidea,(1-3-5) one of the most bizarre theropod groups.(1,5-7) Miniaturization and powered flight are intimately linked in avialan theropods, (3,5,6,8-11) but the causes and patterns of body size reduction are less clear in the non-volant Alvarersauroidea. (1,5,6,)(12)(,)(13) Here, we present results from analyses on a comprehensive dataset, which not only includes new data from early-branching alvarersauroids but also considers the ontogenetic effect based on histological data. Our analyses show that alvarersauroid body mass underwent rapid miniaturization from around 110 to 85 mya and that there was a phylogenetic radiation of small-sized alvarersauroids in the Late Cretaceous. Our analyses also indicate that growth strategies were highly variable among alvarezsauroids, with significant differences among extremely small taxa. The suggested alvarersauroid miniaturization and associated phylogenetic radiation are coincident with the emergence of ants and termites, and combining previous functional morphological data, our study suggests that alvarersauroid miniaturization might have been driven by ecological changes during the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, more specifically by a shift to the myrmecophagous ecological niche. |
| WOS关键词 | BODY-SIZE ; R PACKAGE ; EVOLUTION ; THEROPODA ; PATTERNS ; BIRD ; DIVERSIFICATION ; MONONYKUS ; TERMITES ; RATES |
| 资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41120124002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42072008] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[AOP 118794] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[AOP 98800] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[95449] ; Newton Advanced Fellowships of Royal Society[NA160290] ; US National Science Foundation[EAR 0310217] ; Middlemiss Fund of the Geologists' Association |
| WOS研究方向 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Cell Biology |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000688368900006 |
| 出版者 | CELL PRESS |
| 资助机构 | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Newton Advanced Fellowships of Royal Society ; US National Science Foundation ; Middlemiss Fund of the Geologists' Association |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/18965]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 |
| 通讯作者 | Xu, Xing |
| 作者单位 | 1.George Washington Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Washington, DC 20052 USA 2.Univ Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Inst, Johannesburg, South Africa 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.Univ Bristol, Sch Earth Sci, Life Sci Bldg,Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TQ, Avon, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Qin, Zichuan,Zhao, Qi,Choiniere, Jonah N.,et al. Growth and miniaturization among alvarersauroid dinosaurs[J]. CURRENT BIOLOGY,2021,31(16):3687-+. |
| APA | Qin, Zichuan,Zhao, Qi,Choiniere, Jonah N.,Clark, James M.,Benton, Michael J.,&Xu, Xing.(2021).Growth and miniaturization among alvarersauroid dinosaurs.CURRENT BIOLOGY,31(16),3687-+. |
| MLA | Qin, Zichuan,et al."Growth and miniaturization among alvarersauroid dinosaurs".CURRENT BIOLOGY 31.16(2021):3687-+. |
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