A mesozoic gliding mammal from northeastern china
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| 作者 | Meng, Jin ; Hu, Yaoming; Wang, Yuanqing; Wang, Xiaolin; Li, Chuankui; jmeng@amnh.org
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| 刊名 | NATURE
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| 出版日期 | 2006 |
| 卷号 | 444期号:7121页码:889-893 |
| 关键词 | Flying Squirrels Evolution Behavior Adaptations Dinosaurs Rodents Flight Bats Age |
| ISSN号 | 0028-0836 |
| 英文摘要 | Gliding flight has independently evolved many times in vertebrates. Direct evidence of gliding is rare in fossil records and is unknown in mammals from the Mesozoic era. Here we report a new Mesozoic mammal from Inner Mongolia, China, that represents a previously unknown group characterized by a highly specialized insectivorous dentition and a sizable patagium ( flying membrane) for gliding flight. The patagium is covered with dense hair and supported by an elongated tail and limbs; the latter also bear many features adapted for arboreal life. This discovery extends the earliest record of gliding flight for mammals to at least 70 million years earlier in geological history, and demonstrates that early mammals were diverse in their locomotor strategies and lifestyles; they had experimented with an aerial habit at about the same time as, if not earlier than, when birds endeavoured to exploit the sky. |
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| 公开日期 | 2013-11-27 |
| 源URL | [http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4954]  |
| 专题 | 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古低等脊椎动物研究室 古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古哺乳动物研究室 |
| 通讯作者 | jmeng@amnh.org |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Meng, Jin,Hu, Yaoming,Wang, Yuanqing,et al. A mesozoic gliding mammal from northeastern china[J]. NATURE,2006,444(7121):889-893. |
| APA | Meng, Jin,Hu, Yaoming,Wang, Yuanqing,Wang, Xiaolin,Li, Chuankui,&jmeng@amnh.org.(2006).A mesozoic gliding mammal from northeastern china.NATURE,444(7121),889-893. |
| MLA | Meng, Jin,et al."A mesozoic gliding mammal from northeastern china".NATURE 444.7121(2006):889-893. |
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