A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates

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	A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates
	Xu, Guang-Hui 3; Zhao, Li-Jun 2; Gao, Ke-Qin 1; Wu, Fei-Xiang 3; kqgao@pku.edu.cn
刊名	PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
	2013-01-07
卷号	280 期号:1750 页码:0—0
关键词	Thoracopteridae Exocoetidae Flying Fish Predator-driven Evolution Triassic
ISSN号	0962-8452
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Flying fishes are extraordinary aquatic vertebrates capable of gliding great distances over water by exploiting their enlarged pectoral fins and asymmetrical caudal fin. Some 50 species of extant flying fishes are classified in the Exocoetidae (Neopterygii: Teleostei), which have a fossil record no older than the Eocene. The Thoracopteridae is the only pre-Cenozoic group of non-teleosts that shows an array of features associated with the capability of over-water gliding. Until recently, however, the fossil record of the Thoracopteridae has been limited to the Upper Triassic of Austria and Italy. Here, we report the discovery of exceptionally well-preserved fossils of a new thoracopterid flying fish from the Middle Triassic of China, which represents the earliest evidence of an over-water gliding strategy in vertebrates. The results of a phylogenetic analysis resolve the Thoracopteridae as a stem-group of the Neopterygii that is more crown-ward than the Peltopleuriformes, yet more basal than the Luganoiiformes. As the first record of the Thoracopteride in Asia, this new discovery extends the geographical distribution of this group from the western to eastern rim of the Palaeotethys Ocean, providing new evidence to support the Triassic biological exchanges between Europe and southern China. Additionally, the Middle Triassic date of the new thoracopterid supports the hypothesis that the re-establishment of marine ecosystems after end-Permian mass extinction is more rapid than previously thought.
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WOS关键词	MASS EXTINCTION ; ACTINOPTERYGII ; INTERRELATIONSHIPS ; PRESERVATION ; PHYLOGENY ; EVOLUTION ; RECOVERY ; PROVINCE
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000311943100027
公开日期	2013-11-27
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/4220]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_古低等脊椎动物研究室
通讯作者	kqgao@pku.edu.cn
作者单位	1.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China 2.Zhejiang Museum Nat Hist, Hangzhou 310014, Zhejiang, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Guang-Hui,Zhao, Li-Jun,Gao, Ke-Qin,et al. A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,2013,280(1750):0—0.
APA	Xu, Guang-Hui,Zhao, Li-Jun,Gao, Ke-Qin,Wu, Fei-Xiang,&kqgao@pku.edu.cn.(2013).A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates.PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES,280(1750),0—0.
MLA	Xu, Guang-Hui,et al."A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates".PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 280.1750(2013):0—0.