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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.11.014
论文题名:
Implications of beak morphology for the evolutionary paleoecology of the megaherbivorous dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada
作者: Mallon J.C.; Anderson J.S.
刊名: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
ISSN: 0031-0182
出版年: 2014
卷: 394
起始页码: 29
结束页码: 41
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Ankylosauria ; Beak morphology ; Ceratopsidae ; Dinosaur Park Formation ; Evolutionary paleoecology ; Hadrosauridae
英文摘要: Using the megaherbivorous dinosaur assemblage from the Dinosaur Park Formation as a model, linear and geometric morphometrics are applied to examine the degree to which different feeding styles-as reflected by beak morphology-facilitated the coexistence of these animals on the Late Cretaceous island continent of Laramidia. Our findings indicate that megaherbivorous dinosaurs occupied a spectrum of feeding habits. The wide, square beaks of the ankylosaurs suggest that these animals were bulk-feeders that consumed more fibrous herbage than traditionally assumed. Conversely, the narrow, square beaks of the ceratopsids evoke concentrate feeders, although the large body sizes and sophisticated dental batteries of these animals suggest a diet of forbs and low-growing scrub, akin to the feeding strategy of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Both nodosaurids and hadrosaurids had beaks of intermediate size and shape, suggesting that these were mixed feeders that consumed a diversity of plant types of variable nutritional quality. Contrary to previous suggestions, there is little evidence for different feeding styles within the aforementioned families. Feeding styles were evolutionarily stable, and lend further support to the contention that the fossil assemblage of the Belly River Group constitutes a chronofauna. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/69485
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作者单位: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada

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Mallon J.C.,Anderson J.S.. Implications of beak morphology for the evolutionary paleoecology of the megaherbivorous dinosaurs from the Dinosaur Park Formation (upper Campanian) of Alberta, Canada[J]. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,2014-01-01,394
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