Theoretical Modeling of Ammonoid Morphology
Theoretical Modeling of Ammonoid Morphology
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菊石形态的理论模型
DOI：
10.1007/978-1-4757-9153-2_8
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发表时间：
1996
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通讯作者：
T. Okamoto
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作者：
T. Okamoto
理论形态学，最早由Raup和Michelson（1965年）提出。是一种使用数学生长模型描述现存生物和化石生物的形态光谱的方法。Raup（1966，1967）通过几个简单的参数模拟了边缘生长的软体动物壳的三维形态和生长模式，并借助计算机图形学再现了这些壳的形状。他的方法不仅可以用来解释形态学的功能和适应性约束，而且可以用来分析形态发生。近年来，随着计算机及其图形技术的发展，理论形态学方法对包括菊石在内的现存和灭绝动物的形态学研究具有重要意义。
Theoretical morphology, which was first developed by Raup and Michelson (1965). is a means of describing the morphological spectra of extant and fossil organisms using a mathematical growth model. Raup (1966, 1967) simulated the three-dimensional morphology and growth pattern of marginally growing molluscan shells by several simple parameters and reproduced these shell shapes with the aid of computer graphics. His approach can be applied not only to interpret the functional and adaptive constraints of morphology but also to analyze morphogenesis. With the recent development of the computer and its graphic techniques, the theoretical morphological approach becomes useful for understanding the morphology of extant and extinct animals including ammonoids.