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Croft DA, Lorente M. No evidence for parallel evolution of cursorial limb adaptations among Neogene South American native ungulates (SANUs). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256371. [PMID: 34403434 PMCID: PMC8370646 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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During the Neogene, many North American ungulates evolved longer limbs. Presumably, this allowed them to move more efficiently or quickly in open habitats, which became more common during this interval. Evidence suggests that open habitats appeared even earlier in South America, but no study to date has investigated whether the ungulate-like mammals of South America (South American native ungulates or SANUs) evolved similar limb adaptations. We analyzed limb elongation in the two predominant SANU groups, notoungulates and litopterns, by compiling genus-level occurrences from the late Oligocene to the Pleistocene and calculating metatarsal/femur ratio (Mt:F). None of the groups or subgroups we analyzed show a pronounced increase in Mt:F across this interval, with the possible exception of proterotheriid litopterns. Proterotheriids are thought to have inhabited forested environments rather than open ones, which raises questions about the selective forces responsible for limb elongation in ungulates. Conversely, notoungulates, which are traditionally thought to have lived in open habitats, show no strong trend of increasing Mt:F across this interval. Our study suggests that the macroevolutionary trend of limb elongation in ungulate-like mammals is not universal and is highly influenced by the evolutionary affinities of the groups being analyzed.
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- Darin A. Croft
- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Conicet-División Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina
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Shi QQ, Hou SK, Sun BY, Wang SQ, Deng T. Ontogenetic and Intraspecific Variation in the Skull Morphology of the Late Miocene Bovid Hezhengia bohlini. J MAMM EVOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-021-09558-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Schultz’s rule in domesticated mammals. Mamm Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2019.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Evolutionary and Functional Implications of Incisor Enamel Microstructure Diversity in Notoungulata (Placentalia, Mammalia). J MAMM EVOL 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-019-09462-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rodrigues HG, Lihoreau F, Orliac M, Thewissen JGM, Boisserie JR. Unexpected evolutionary patterns of dental ontogenetic traits in cetartiodactyl mammals. Proc Biol Sci 2019; 286:20182417. [PMID: 30963938 PMCID: PMC6408598 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Studying ontogeny in both extant and extinct species can unravel the mechanisms underlying mammal diversification and specialization. Among mammalian clades, Cetartiodactyla encompass species with a wide range of adaptations, and ontogenetic evidence could clarify longstanding debates on the origins of modern specialized families. Here, we study the evolution of dental eruption patterns in early diverging cetartiodactyls to assess the ecological and biological significance of this character and shed new light on phylogenetic issues. After investigation of the ontogenetic dental series of 63 extinct genera, our parsimony reconstructions of eruption state evolution suggest that the eruption of molars before permanent premolars represents a plesiomorphic condition within Cetartiodactyla. This result substantially differs from a previous study based on modern species only. As a result, the presence of this pattern in most ruminants might represent an ancestral condition contributing to their specialized herbivory, rather than an original adaptation. In contrast, the late eruption of molars in hippopotamoids is more likely related to biological aspects, such as increases in body mass and slower pace of life. Our study mainly shows that eruption sequences reliably characterize higher level cetartiodactyl taxa and could represent a new source of phylogenetic characters, especially to disentangle the origin of hippopotamoids and cetaceans.
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- Helder Gomes Rodrigues
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA
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- Laboratoire Paléontologie Evolution Paléoécosystèmes Paléoprimatologie, CNRS, Université de Poitiers - UFR SFA, Bât B35 - TSA 51106, 86073 Poitiers Cedex 9, France
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Witzel C, Kierdorf U, Frölich K, Kierdorf H. The pay-off of hypsodonty - timing and dynamics of crown growth and wear in molars of Soay sheep. BMC Evol Biol 2018; 18:207. [PMID: 30594146 PMCID: PMC6310973 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1332-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background Several lineages of herbivorous mammals have evolved hypsodont cheek teeth to increase the functional lifespan of their dentition. While the selective drivers of this trend and the developmental processes involved have been studied in greater detail, thus far no quantitative information is available on the relationship between additional investment into tooth growth and the resulting extension of the functional period of these teeth. To achieve this, we performed a detailed analysis of molar crown growth in known-age Soay sheep repeatedly injected with different fluorochromes. Results Our study revealed that in sheep molars especially the formation of the crown base portion is prolonged in comparison with other herbivorous artiodactyl species. Our results demonstrate that growth of the crown base accounted for more than half of the total crown formation time (CFT) of the anterior lobes of the first (approx. 220 days of total CFT of 300 days), second (approx. 260 of 460 days) and third (approx. 300 of at least 520 days) molars, and that the formation of this crown portion occurred largely after the teeth had already reached functional occlusion. By combining data on wear-related changes in crown morphology from the literature with the reconstructed additional investment into the crown base portion, it was possible to relate this additional investment to a prolongation of the functional periods of the molars ranging from 4 years in the M1 to 6 years in the M3. Conclusions Our results allow to establish a quantitative link between an additional investment into molar crown growth of sheep and the extension of the functional period of these teeth. The reported findings enable an assessment of the adaptive value, in terms of increased longevity, of an additional investment into crown elongation in a mammalian herbivore.
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- Carsten Witzel
- Department of Biology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141, Hildesheim, Germany.
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- Department of Biology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141, Hildesheim, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141, Hildesheim, Germany.,Tierpark Arche Warder e.V, Langwedeler Weg 11, 24646, Warder, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141, Hildesheim, Germany
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Calamari ZT, Kuang-Hsien Hu J, Klein OD. Tissue Mechanical Forces and Evolutionary Developmental Changes Act Through Space and Time to Shape Tooth Morphology and Function. Bioessays 2018; 40:e1800140. [PMID: 30387177 PMCID: PMC6516060 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201800140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Revised: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Efforts from diverse disciplines, including evolutionary studies and biomechanical experiments, have yielded new insights into the genetic, signaling, and mechanical control of tooth formation and functions. Evidence from fossils and non-model organisms has revealed that a common set of genes underlie tooth-forming potential of epithelia, and changes in signaling environments subsequently result in specialized dentitions, maintenance of dental stem cells, and other phenotypic adaptations. In addition to chemical signaling, tissue forces generated through epithelial contraction, differential growth, and skeletal constraints act in parallel to shape the tooth throughout development. Here recent advances in understanding dental development from these studies are reviewed and important gaps that can be filled through continued application of evolutionary and biomechanical approaches are discussed.
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- Zachary T. Calamari
- Department of Natural Sciences, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York City, New York, 10010, USA
- Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA
- Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA
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Geiger M, Marron S, West AR, Asher RJ. Influences of Domestication and Island Evolution on Dental Growth in Sheep. J MAMM EVOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-018-9452-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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First Radiological Study of a Complete Dental Ontogeny Sequence of an Extinct Equid: Implications for Equidae Life History and Taphonomy. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8507. [PMID: 29855587 PMCID: PMC5981301 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26817-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The sequence of cheek teeth mineralization, eruption, and replacement of an extinct horse species is here documented with radiological techniques for the first time thanks to the exceptional preservation of Hipparion sp. mandibles from Cerro de los Batallones (Madrid Basin, Spain). The sequence of dental ontogeny in mammals provides valuable insights about life history traits, such as the pace of growth, and about the mode of formation of fossiliferous assemblages. We have determined that the order of permanent cheek teeth mineralization and eruption of hipparionine horses is m1, m2, (p2, p3), p4, m3. Cheek teeth mineralization timing of hipparionine horses coincides with the one observed in modern equids. In turn, there are differences in the eruption timing of the p4 and m3 between horses belonging to the Anchitheriinae and Hipparionini compared to equids of the Equus genus that might be related to the shorter durability of the deciduous tooth dp4 in anchitheriine and hipparionine horses and, more broadly, to an increased durability of equid teeth through their evolutionary history. Based on the dental eruption sequence, hipparionine horses are slow-growing, long-living mammals. The Hipparion sp. assemblage from Batallones-10 conforms to an attritional model, as individuals more vulnerable to natural mortality predominate.
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Gomes Rodrigues H, Cornette R, Clavel J, Cassini G, Bhullar BAS, Fernández-Monescillo M, Moreno K, Herrel A, Billet G. Differential influences of allometry, phylogeny and environment on the rostral shape diversity of extinct South American notoungulates. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2018; 5:171816. [PMID: 29410874 PMCID: PMC5792951 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Understanding the mechanisms responsible for phenotypic diversification, and the associated underlying constraints and ecological factors represents a central issue in evolutionary biology. Mammals present a wide variety of sizes and shapes, and are characterized by a high number of morphological convergences that are hypothesized to reflect similar environmental pressures. Extinct South American notoungulates evolved in isolation from northern mammalian faunas in highly disparate environments. They present a wide array of skeletal phenotypes and convergences, such as ever-growing dentition. Here, we focused on the origins of the rostral diversity of notoungulates by quantifying the shape of 26 genera using three-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis. We tested the influence of allometry and phylogeny on rostral shape and evaluated rates of evolutionary change in the different clades. We found strong allometric and phylogenetic signals concerning the rostral shape of notoungulates. Despite convergent forms, we observed a diffuse diversification of rostral shape, with no significant evidence of influence by large-scaled environmental variation. This contrasts with the increase in dental crown height that occurred in four late-diverging families in response to similar environmental pressures. These results illustrate the importance of considering both biological components and evolutionary rates to better understand some aspects of phenotypic diversity.
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- Helder Gomes Rodrigues
- Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), UMR CNRS 7207, CP38, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Univ Paris 6, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
- Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), UMR 7179, CNRS, Funevol team, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, Bat. Anatomie Comparée, CP 55, 75005, Paris Cedex 5, France
- Author for correspondence: Helder Gomes Rodrigues e-mail:
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- Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB UMR 7205), MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, CP26, Sorbonne Universités, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), CNRS UMR 8197, INSERM U1024, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL), Research University, 75005 Paris, France
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- División Mastozoología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘‘Bernardino Rivadavia’’(MACN), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján (UNLu), Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CCT–CONICET–Mendoza, Avenida Ruiz Leal s/n, Parque Gral, San Martín 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
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- Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), UMR 7179, CNRS, Funevol team, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, Bat. Anatomie Comparée, CP 55, 75005, Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), UMR CNRS 7207, CP38, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Univ Paris 6, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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Virtual Endocast Morphology of Mesotheriidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Typotheria): New Insights and Implications on Notoungulate Encephalization and Brain Evolution. J MAMM EVOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-017-9416-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gomes Rodrigues H, Lefebvre R, Fernández-Monescillo M, Mamani Quispe B, Billet G. Ontogenetic variations and structural adjustments in mammals evolving prolonged to continuous dental growth. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2017; 4:170494. [PMID: 28791172 PMCID: PMC5541567 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Studying dental ontogeny in mammals can provide valuable insight on the evolution of their masticatory apparatus and their related adaptations. The multiple acquisitions of a prolonged to continuous growth of teeth in herbivorous mammals in response to high abrasion represent an intensively investigated issue. However, the ontogenetic and architectural patterns associated with these repeated dental innovations remain poorly known. Here, we focused on two case studies corresponding to distant mammalian clades, the extinct Mesotheriidae (Notoungulata), which shared some striking dental features with the extant Ctenodactylidae (Rodentia). We studied the impact of prolonged to continuous growth of molars on their occlusal complexity, their relative size and their dynamics in the jaw. We found that variations of occlusal complexity patterns are the result of paedomorphic or peramorphic heterochronic processes impacting dental crown. We showed that variations in both upper and lower molar proportions generally follow the inhibitory developmental cascade model. In that context, prolonged dental growth implies transitory adjustments due to wear, and also involves dental migration and loss when combined with molar lengthening. Interestingly, these features may be present in many mammals having prolonged dental growth, and emphasize the crucial need of considering these aspects in future evolutionary and developmental studies.
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- Helder Gomes Rodrigues
- Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), UMR CNRS 7207, CP38, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Univ Paris 6, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
- Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), UMR 7179, CNRS, Funevol team, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, Bat. Anatomie Comparée, CP 55, 75005, Paris Cedex 5, France
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- Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), UMR CNRS 7207, CP38, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Univ Paris 6, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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- Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CCT–CONICET–Mendoza, Avda. Ruiz Leal s/n, Parque Gral, San Martín 5500, Mendoza, Argentina
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- Departamento de Paleontología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Calle 26 s/n, Cota Cota, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Centre de Recherche sur la Paléobiodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements (CR2P), UMR CNRS 7207, CP38, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Univ Paris 6, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
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