A gliding lizard from the Early Cretaceous of China

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	A gliding lizard from the Early Cretaceous of China
	Li, Pi-Peng ; Gao, Ke-Qin ; Hou, Lian-Hai ; Xu, Xing
	2007-03-27
发表期刊	PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷号	104 期号:13 页码:5507-5509
文章类型	Article
摘要	Gliding is an energetically efficient mode of locomotion that has evolved independently, and in different ways, in several tetrapod groups. Here, we report on an acrodontan lizard from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of China showing an array of morphological traits associated with gliding. It represents the only known occurrence of this specialization in a fossil lizard and provides evidence of an Early Cretaceous ecological diversification into an aerial niche by crown-group squamates. The lizard has a dorsal-rib-supported patagium, a structure independently evolved in the Late Triassic basal lepidosauromorph kuehneosaurs and the extant agamid lizard Draco, revealing a surprising case of convergent evolution among lepidosauromorphans. A patagial character combination of much longer bilaterally than anteroposteriorly, significantly thicker along the leading edge than along the trailing edge, tapered laterally to form a wing tip, and secondarily supported by an array of linear collagen fibers is not common in gliders and enriches our knowledge of gliding adaptations among tetrapods.
关键词	Squamata Acrodonta Gliding Adaptation Liaoning Patagium
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
关键词[WOS]	FLYING LIZARDS ; PERFORMANCE ; AGAMIDAE ; REPTILE ; FLIGHT ; DRACO
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000245331700046
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7586
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vet Paleontol & Paleonthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Shenyang Normal Univ, Shenyang 110034, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Pi-Peng,Gao, Ke-Qin,Hou, Lian-Hai,et al. A gliding lizard from the Early Cretaceous of China[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2007,104(13):5507-5509.
APA	Li, Pi-Peng,Gao, Ke-Qin,Hou, Lian-Hai,&Xu, Xing.(2007).A gliding lizard from the Early Cretaceous of China.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,104(13),5507-5509.
MLA	Li, Pi-Peng,et al."A gliding lizard from the Early Cretaceous of China".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 104.13(2007):5507-5509.