KMS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology
First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis | |
O'Connor, Jingmai1; Wang, Xiaoli2,3; Sullivan, Corwin4,5; Wang, Yan2,3; Zheng, Xiaoting2,3; Hu, Han1; Zhang, Xiaomei3; Zhou, Zhonghe1 | |
2018-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | CRETACEOUS RESEARCH |
ISSN | 0195-6671 |
卷号 | 84期号:84页码:200-208 |
文章类型 | Article |
摘要 | Seeds preserved in association with the holotype of feholornis prima provided the first direct evidence of granivory in any Mesozoic bird. Although this long boney-tailed bird also displays several morphological indicators correlated with herbivory such as reduced dentition and a deep mandible, Jeholornis has not been previously reported to possess a gastric mill. However, this feature is commonly linked to herbivory in theropod dinosaurs and present in at least one sympatric ornithuromorph and the basal pygostylian Sapeornis, which also preserve direct evidence of granivory. Here we describe gastrolith masses preserved in five specimens of Jeholornis. The cluster of gizzard stones is nearly identical in each specimen, consisting of a tightly associated mass of proportionately small stones. Three previously undescribed specimens preserving seeds are also identified. Unlike in Sapeornis and a previously described ornithuromorph, no specimen of Jeholornis preserves both seeds and gastroliths. This may be due to the fact that, unlike in other Early Cretaceous birds, the seeds preserved in specimens of Jeholornis are found in the abdomen, suggesting that feholornis may have resembled extant ratites in lacking an esophageal crop. Consistent differences in the preservation and morphology of the gastrolith mass between Jeholornis and other early birds hint at subtle variations in alimentary function among basal lineages. Differences in ingested seed morphology among taxa in turn suggest these functional variations may be at least partially related to differences in diet. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
关键词 | Ayes Digestive System Gizzard Jeholornis Diet |
WOS标题词 | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.031 |
关键词[WOS] | AVES ORNITHOTHORACES ; NORTHEASTERN CHINA ; EVOLUTION ; DINOSAURS ; PATTERNS ; DIET |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
项目资助者 | National Science Foundation of China(NSFC 41372014 ; 41472023 ; 41402017) |
WOS研究方向 | Geology ; Paleontology |
WOS类目 | Geology ; Paleontology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000426412900018 |
出版者 | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/8738 |
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.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276000, Shandong, Peoples R China 3.Tianyu Nat Hist Museum Shandong, Pingyi 273300, Shandong, Peoples R China 4.Univ Alberta, Dept Biol Sci, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada 5.Philip J Currie Dinosaur Museum, Wembley, AB T0H 3S0, Canada |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | O'Connor, Jingmai,Wang, Xiaoli,Sullivan, Corwin,et al. First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis[J]. CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,2018,84(84):200-208. |
APA | O'Connor, Jingmai.,Wang, Xiaoli.,Sullivan, Corwin.,Wang, Yan.,Zheng, Xiaoting.,...&Zhou, Zhonghe.(2018).First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis.CRETACEOUS RESEARCH,84(84),200-208. |
MLA | O'Connor, Jingmai,et al."First report of gastroliths in the Early Cretaceous basal bird Jeholornis".CRETACEOUS RESEARCH 84.84(2018):200-208. |
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