Report Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird<i> Longipteryx</i> contradicts morphological proxies for diet

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	Report Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet
	O'Connor, Jingmai1 ; Clark, Alexander 1,2; Herrera, Fabiany 1; Yang, Xin 1,3; Wang, Xiaoli 4,5,6; Zheng, Xiaoting 4; Hu, Han 7; Zhou, Zhonghe7
	2024-10-07
发表期刊	CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN	0960-9822
卷号	34 期号:19 页码:10
通讯作者	O'Connor, Jingmai(jingmai@fieldmuseum.org)
摘要	Diet is one of the most important aspects of an animal's ecology, as it reflects direct interactions with other organisms and shapes morphology, behavior, and other life history traits. Modern birds (Neornithes) have a highly efficient and phenotypically plastic digestive system, allowing them to utilize diverse trophic resources, and digestive function has been put forth as a factor in the selectivity of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, in which only neornithine dinosaurs survived.1 1 Although diet is directly documented in several early-diverging avian lineages,2 2 only a single specimen preserves evidence of diet in Enantiornithes, the dominant group of terrestrial Cretaceous birds.3 3 Morphology-based predictions suggest enantiornithines were faunivores,4-6 4-6 although the absence of evidence contrasts with the high preservation potential and relatively longer gut-retention times of these diets. Longipteryx is an unusual Early Cretaceous enantiornithine with an elongate rostrum; distally restricted dentition'; ' ; large, recurved, and crenulated teeth8; 8 ; and tooth enamel much thicker than other paravians.9 9 Statistical analysis of rostral length, body size, and tooth morphology predicts Longipteryx was primarily insectivorous.4,5 4,5 Contrasting with these results, two new specimens of Longipteryx preserve gymnosperm seeds within the abdominal cavity interpreted as ingesta. Like Jeholornis , , their unmacerated preservation and the absence of gastroliths indicate frugivory.10 10 As in Neornithes,11 11 complex diets driven by the elevated energetic demands imposed by flight, secondary rostral functions, and phylogenetic influence impede the use of morphological proxies to predict diet in early- diverging avian lineages.
DOI	10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.012
关键词[WOS]	CRETACEOUS JIUFOTANG FORMATION ; JEHOL BIOTA ; NE CHINA ; EVOLUTION ; DINOSAURS ; FRUIT ; PRESERVATION ; DISPERSAL ; SPECIMEN ; PLANTS
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42288201]
项目资助者	National Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Cell Biology
WOS类目	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ; Biology ; Cell Biology
WOS记录号	WOS:001333949100001
出版者	CELL PRESS
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/24110
专题	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
通讯作者	O'Connor, Jingmai
作者单位	1.Negaunee Integrat Res Ctr, Field Museum Nat Hist, Chicago, IL 60605 USA 2.Univ Chicago, Comm Evolutionary Biol, Chicago, IL 60637 USA 3.Univ Chicago, Dept Geophys Sci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA 4.Shandong Tianyu Museum Nat, Pingyi 273300, Peoples R China 5.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276005, Peoples R China 6.Shandong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Earth Sci & Engn, Qingdao 266590, Peoples R China 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, 142 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	O'Connor, Jingmai,Clark, Alexander,Herrera, Fabiany,et al. Report Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet[J]. CURRENT BIOLOGY,2024,34(19):10.
APA	O'Connor, Jingmai.,Clark, Alexander.,Herrera, Fabiany.,Yang, Xin.,Wang, Xiaoli.,...&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2024).Report Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet.CURRENT BIOLOGY,34(19),10.
MLA	O'Connor, Jingmai,et al."Report Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet".CURRENT BIOLOGY 34.19(2024):10.