Evolution of paleozoic terrestrial vertebrates: patterns of diversification and dispersal

古生代陆生脊椎动物的进化：多样化和扩散的模式

• 批准号: 77-2008
• 负责人: Reisz, Robert
• 金额: $ 5.76万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=520217
• 关键词: Evolution; paleozoic; terrestrial; vertebrates; patterns

My research has focused on the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, with special emphasis on the biology and evolution of amniotes. Amniota includes all living reptiles, birds, mammals, as well as their fossil relatives. Early amniotes evolved in the equatorial Laurasia during the formation of the superconinent Pangea, when a great ice age extended from the Carboniferous into the Early Permian. These early amniotes are the first chapter in the 315 million year long evolutionary history of vertebrates on land, and phylogenetic analyses indicate that they are at the base of all major groups of amniotes (living reptiles, birds, and mammals).

我的研究主要集中在陆生脊椎动物的进化上，特别强调了脊椎动物的生物学和进化。 羊膜动物包括所有现存的爬行动物、鸟类、哺乳动物以及它们的化石亲属。在超大陆泛古陆的形成过程中，当一个大冰期从石炭纪延伸到早二叠世时，在赤道劳亚大陆演化出了早期古生物。这些早期的脊椎动物是陆地脊椎动物3.15亿年进化史的第一章，系统发育分析表明，它们是所有主要脊椎动物（现存的爬行动物，鸟类和哺乳动物）的基础。