KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
| Quantitative patterns of morphological variation in the appendicular skeleton of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis | |
Marugan-Lobon, Jesus1,2; Chiappe, Luis M.1; Ji, Shu'an3; Zhou, Zhonghe4 ; Gao Chunling5; Hu, Dongyu6; Meng, Qinjing7; jesus.marugan@uam.es
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| 2011 | |
| 发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1477-2019 |
| 卷号 | 9期号:1页码:91-101 |
| 文章类型 | Article |
| 摘要 | Confuciusornis sanctus stands out among the remarkable diversity of birds of the Jehol biota (Lower Cretaceous, Liaoning Province, China). Its basal position in the phylogenetic tree of birds, combined with the exceptional number of well-preserved, largely complete and articulated specimens, makes it a perfect model system for studying the variation, development and life history of early Mesozoic birds. A comprehensive morphometric study (measurements of humerus, ulna, radius, femur and tibia) previously identified two distinct size classes of C. sanctus, while demonstrating the lack of statistical support of the association between this size dimorphism and the characteristic pair of long tail feathers present in some specimens. Four plausible explanations were discussed to account for the resultant size classes: the existence of more than one species in the sample; sexual size dimorphism; two size classes corresponding to attritional death assemblages; and/or a particular growth pattern similar to that inferred for non-avian dinosaurs. Here we present an expanded statistical analysis based on a larger sample of C. sanctus that substantiates previous interpretations, but also addresses the statistical association between the presence/absence of tail feathers and fore- and hind-limb allometry. We discuss the implication of the resulting quantitative patterns of morphological variation to understand better confuciusornithid taxonomy and the life history of C. sanctus. |
| 关键词 | Confuciusornis Life History Mesozoic Birds Morphometrics |
| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
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| 关键词[WOS] | AFRICAN FINCH PYRENESTES ; SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM ; HOUSE SPARROW ; ARCHAEOPTERYX-LITHOGRAPHICA ; DISRUPTIVE SELECTION ; DARWINS FINCHES ; AVIAN FLIGHT ; BODY-SIZE ; CHINA ; EVOLUTION |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Evolutionary Biology ; Paleontology |
| WOS类目 | Evolutionary Biology ; Paleontology |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000287404500010 |
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4463 |
| 专题 | 中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后） 古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
| 通讯作者 | jesus.marugan@uam.es |
| 作者单位 | 1.Nat Hist Museum Los Angeles Cty, Dinosaur Inst, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA 2.Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Ciencias, Dept Biol, E-28049 Madrid, Spain 3.Chinese Acad Geol Sci Chinese, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China 4.Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 5.Dalian Nat Hist Museum, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, Peoples R China 6.Shenyang Normal Univ, Inst Paleontol, Shenyang 110034, Peoples R China 7.Beijing Museum Nat Hist, Beijing 100050, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Marugan-Lobon, Jesus,Chiappe, Luis M.,Ji, Shu'an,et al. Quantitative patterns of morphological variation in the appendicular skeleton of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis[J]. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY,2011,9(1):91-101. |
| APA | Marugan-Lobon, Jesus.,Chiappe, Luis M..,Ji, Shu'an.,Zhou, Zhonghe.,Gao Chunling.,...&jesus.marugan@uam.es.(2011).Quantitative patterns of morphological variation in the appendicular skeleton of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis.JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY,9(1),91-101. |
| MLA | Marugan-Lobon, Jesus,et al."Quantitative patterns of morphological variation in the appendicular skeleton of the Early Cretaceous bird Confuciusornis".JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY 9.1(2011):91-101. |
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