KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS? | |
O'Connor, J. K.1; Chang, H.2 | |
2014-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL |
卷号 | 93期号:10页码:1166-1172 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | The recently described specimen of Sapeornis with feathers around the ankle joint is the first finding of birds with metatarsal feathers. The discovery of several groups of paravians with feathered distal hindlimbs has been used as evidence that flight in Ayes evolved through the tetrapteryx stage. However, most specimens of Sapeornis do not preserve feathers around the feet, and these feathers are clearly absent in at least one exceptional specimen preserving skin and feather impressions. This suggests that the presence of ankle feathers in Sapeornis may alternatively he interpreted as ornamentation. Basal birds show more ornamental tail morphologies than aerodynamic ones suggesting that sexual selection played a dominant role in shaping tail plumage. Feathers on the forelimbs initially evolved for a purpose other than flight, and we propose aerodynamics was not the driving force in the hindlimb feather evolution. Feathers appear to be means of visual communication playing a very important role in the evolution of paravian plumage. |
关键词 | Mesozoic Hind Wings Sapeornis Paraves Hindlimb Feathers |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
关键词[WOS] | EARLY CRETACEOUS BIRD ; EARLY EVOLUTION ; LONG FEATHERS ; LEG FEATHERS ; CHINA ; METATARSUS ; MORPHOLOGY ; SPECIMEN ; THEROPOD ; ORIGIN |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Zoology |
WOS类目 | Zoology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000346956600003 |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7182 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Henan Geol Museum, Zhengzhou 450016, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | O'Connor, J. K.,Chang, H.. HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?[J]. ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL,2014,93(10):1166-1172. |
APA | O'Connor, J. K.,&Chang, H..(2014).HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?.ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL,93(10),1166-1172. |
MLA | O'Connor, J. K.,et al."HINDLIMB FEATHERS IN PARAVIANS: PRIMARILY "WINGS" OR ORNAMENTS?".ZOOLOGICHESKY ZHURNAL 93.10(2014):1166-1172. |
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