التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Cephalic salt gland evolution in Mesozoic pelagic crocodylomorphs. |
| المؤلفون: |
Cowgill, Thomas, Fls, Mark T Young, Schwab, Julia A, Walsh, Stig, Witmer, Lawrence M, Herrera, Yanina, Dollman, Kathleen N, Turner, Alan H, Brusatte, Stephen L |
| المصدر: |
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Mar2023, Vol. 197 Issue 3, p812-835, 24p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
EXOCRINE glands, MESOZOIC Era, SALT, SALINE waters, NASAL cavity |
| مستخلص: |
Secondarily marine tetrapod lineages have independently evolved osmoregulatory adaptations for life in salt water but inferring physiological changes in extinct marine tetrapods is difficult. The Mesozoic crocodylomorph clade Thalattosuchia is unique in having both direct evidence from natural endocasts and several proposed osteological correlates for salt exocrine glands. Here, we investigate salt gland evolution in thalattosuchians by creating endocranial reconstructions from CT scans of eight taxa (one basal thalattosuchian, one teleosauroid, two basal metriorhynchoids and four metriorhynchids) and four outgroups (three extant crocodylians and the basal crocodyliform Protosuchus) to identify salt gland osteological correlates. All metriorhynchoids show dorsolateral nasal cavity expansions corresponding to the location of nasal salt glands in natural casts, but smaller expansions in teleosauroids correspond more with the cartilaginous nasal capsule. The different sizes of these expansions suggest the following evolutionary sequence: (1) plesiomorphically small glands present in semi-aquatic teleosauroids draining through the nasal vestibule; (2) moderately sized glands in the basalmost metriorhynchoid Pelagosaurus ; and (3) hypertrophied glands in the clade comprising Eoneustes and metriorhynchids, with a pre-orbital fenestra providing a novel exit for salt drainage. The large gland size inferred from basal metriorhynchoids indicates advanced osmoregulation occurred while metriorhynchoids were semi-aquatic. This pattern does not precisely fit into current models of physiological evolution in marine tetrapods and suggests a unique sequence of changes as thalattosuchians transitioned from land to sea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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