Dental anatomy, phylogenetic relationships and paleoecology of Orhaniyeia nauta (Metatheria, Anatoliadelphyidae), a Gondwanan component of the insular Eocene mammal fauna of Balkanatolia (north-central Turkey)
Dental anatomy, phylogenetic relationships and paleoecology of Orhaniyeia nauta (Metatheria, Anatoliadelphyidae), a Gondwanan component of the insular Eocene mammal fauna of Balkanatolia (north-central Turkey)
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Orhaniyeia nauta(Metatheria,Anatoliadelphyidae)的牙齿解剖学、系统发育关系和古生态学,Orhaniyeia nauta(土耳其中北部)巴尔干托利亚岛始新世哺乳动物群的冈瓦纳组成部分
DOI:
10.1007/s10914-023-09680-6
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发表时间:
2023
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
Métais, Grégoire
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作者:
Beard, K. Christopher;Coster, Pauline M.;Ocakoğlu, Faruk;Licht, Alexis;Métais, Grégoire
Two new specimens of the anatoliadelphyid metatherianOrhaniyeia nautaare described from the middle Eocene Uzunçarşıdere Formation in the Orhaniye Basin, north-central Turkey. These specimens augment our knowledge of the dentition of this taxon, revealing that P3 and p3 ofOrhaniyeiaresemble those of its sister taxonAnatoliadelphysin being enlarged and highly inflated, suggesting that both taxa consumed a durophagous diet. The ancestral dental morphology of anatoliadelphyids likely approximated that ofOrhaniyeia nauta, whereas the dentition ofAnatoliadelphysis autapomorphous. A phylogenetic analysis incorporating the new data forOrhaniyeiareconstructs anatoliadelphyids as nested among a diverse, but generally poorly documented, assemblage of early Paleogene bunodont Gondwanan marsupials that are typically allied with polydolopimorphians. Alternative phylogenetic reconstructions based onAnatoliadelphysalone have suggested either peradectid or protodidelphid affinities for anatoliadelphyids, but these hypotheses are not supported by the new data fromOrhaniyeia. Anatoliadelphyids likely colonized Balkanatolia from the south (Africa/Arabia), even though there is no current fossil record indicating that this Gondwanan bunodont marsupial clade ever inhabited Africa/Arabia. The durophagous diet ofOrhaniyeiawas probably eclectic, but with an emphasis on gastropods. A similar dietary reconstruction has been proposed for the Australian Miocene marsupialMalleodectes, the dentition of which is remarkably convergent with that ofOrhaniyeia.OrhaniyeiaandAnatoliadelphysappear to have exploited distinct ecological niches, because the autapomorphous dentition ofAnatoliadelphysincludes multiple specializations for enhanced carnivory. The colonization of Balkanatolia by anatoliadelphyids instigated a small endemic radiation, a pattern that was replicated by multiple other Balkanatolian mammal clades.
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影响因子:
0.8
作者:
Myers, TJ
通讯作者:
Myers, TJ
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Métais G;Coster PM;Kappelman JR;Licht A;Ocakoğlu F;Taylor MH;Beard KC
通讯作者:
Beard KC
影响因子:
1.8
作者:
G. Métais;K. Beard;O. Erdal;K. Erturaç
通讯作者:
K. Erturaç
影响因子:
1.9
作者:
Natalia Zimicz
通讯作者:
Natalia Zimicz
DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2011.0486
发表时间:
2011-12-07
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Arena, Derrick A.;Archer, Michael;Hocknull, Scott
通讯作者:
Hocknull, Scott