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Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint

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作者Wu, Qian4,5; O'Connor, Jingmai K.2; Wang, Shiying1; Zhou, Zhonghe3,4
刊名PEERJ
出版日期2024-02-29
卷号12页码:42
关键词Flight evolution Coracoid Furcula Scapula Triosseal canal
ISSN号2167-8359
DOI10.7717/peerj.16960
通讯作者Wu, Qian(wuqian@ivpp.ac.cn)
英文摘要Important transformations of the pectoral girdle are related to the appearance of flight capabilities in the Dinosauria. Previous studies on this topic focused mainly on paravians yet recent data suggests flight evolved in dinosaurs several times, including at least once among non-avialan paravians. Thus, to fully explore the evolution of flightrelated avian shoulder girdle characteristics, it is necessary to compare morphology more broadly. Here, we present information from pennaraptoran specimens preserving pectoral girdle elements, including all purportedly volant taxa, and extensively compare aspects of the shoulder joint. The results show that many pectoral girdle modifications appear during the evolution from basal pennaraptorans to paravians, including changes in the orientation of the coracoid body and the location of the articulation between the furcula and scapula. These modifications suggest a change in forelimb range of motion preceded the origin of flight in paravians. During the evolution of early avialans, additional flight adaptive transformations occur, such as the separation of the scapula and coracoid and reduction of the articular surface between these two bones, reduction in the angle between these two elements, and elongation of the coracoid. The diversity of coracoid morphologies and types of articulations joining the scapulacoracoid suggest that each early avialan lineage evolved these features in parallel as they independently evolved more refined flight capabilities. In early ornithothoracines, the orientation of the glenoid fossa and location of the acrocoracoid approaches the condition in extant birds, suggesting a greater range of motion in the flight stroke, which may represent the acquisition of improved powered flight capabilities, such as ground take -off. The formation of a new articulation between the coracoid and furcula in the Ornithuromorpha is the last step in the formation of an osseous triosseal canal, which may indicate the complete acquisition of the modern flight apparatus. These morphological transitions equipped birds with a greater range of motion, increased and more efficient muscular output and while at the same time transmitting the increased pressure being generated by ever more powerful flapping movements in such a way as to protect the organs. The driving factors and functional adaptations of many of these transitional morphologies are as yet unclear although ontogenetic transitions in forelimb function observed in extant birds provide an excellent framework through which we can explore the behavior of Mesozoic pennaraptorans.
WOS关键词PRIMITIVE ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD ; BIZARRE JURASSIC MANIRAPTORAN ; EARLY CRETACEOUS BIRD ; DROMAEOSAURID DINOSAUR ; FEATHERED DINOSAURS ; TROODONTID THEROPOD ; PROVIDES INSIGHTS ; ORNITHURINE BIRD ; YIXIAN FORMATION ; EARLY EVOLUTION
资助项目National Natural Science Foundation of China[42288201] ; Scientific Research Foundation of Shenyang Normal University[BS202305]
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:001175344000003
出版者PEERJ INC
资助机构National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Scientific Research Foundation of Shenyang Normal University
源URL[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/23479]  
专题中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者Wu, Qian
作者单位1.Shenyang Normal Univ, Coll Paleontol, Shenyang, Peoples R China
2.Field Museum Nat Hist, Negaunee Integrat Res Ctr, Chicago, IL USA
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China
4.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing, Peoples R China
5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
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Wu, Qian,O'Connor, Jingmai K.,Wang, Shiying,et al. Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint[J]. PEERJ,2024,12:42.
APA Wu, Qian,O'Connor, Jingmai K.,Wang, Shiying,&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2024).Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint.PEERJ,12,42.
MLA Wu, Qian,et al."Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint".PEERJ 12(2024):42.

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