PubHawk
November 2017 PMID 27878942

Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex.

Stephan Lautenschlager, Pamela Gill, Zhe-Xi Luo, Michael J Fagan, Emily J Rayfield

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  • The evolution of the mammalian jaw involved the gradual reduction of multiple bones into a single element and the integration of the jaw joint into the middle ear, accompanied by changes in jaw muscles that improved chewing efficiency.
  • While the fossil record documents these bone transformations well, the specific arrangement and changes in jaw muscles during the transition from nonmammalian synapsids to mammals have been debated for nearly a century.
  • Using modern imaging techniques like CT scans and digital modeling, researchers have reconstructed jaw muscles in fossils, showing that the mammal-like division of jaw muscles into deep and superficial parts was completed by early mammal relatives, with key muscle arrangements finalized in basal mammaliaforms like Morganucodon.]
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@Guanlong_wucaii · X

Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex (Stephan Lautenschlager:2016) https://t.co/mV5teFsfeX

Aug 11, 2020 · 14 likes · 3 shares · 2,193 followers View post →
冠龍 諸々を執筆中
@Guanlong_wucaii · X

コチラは単弓類(基盤的なキノドン類～基盤的な哺乳類まで)を対象にした研究です "Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex." 著者] Stephan Lautenschlager, et al. 2016 https://t.co/m1KA5n7BP7 https://t.co/mTW0XDGIMU

May 11, 2023 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 2,193 followers View post →
Rulon James Downard
@RJDownard · X

@StatedClearly @Ch_Hendrickx @TetZoo @CoastalPaleo Here's a 2017 paper https://t.co/NTPhy3pm9h on the muscle side of things, they've apparently done some 3-D modeling so that may be available somewhere.

Jun 11, 2020 · 2 likes · 3,605 followers View post →
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Kusuhashi Lab 楠橋研究室 (愛媛大学)
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@japanfossil @kentani07 眼もきっといろいろかなと。モルガヌコドンはトガリネズミよりは眼が大きいかもしれませんよ。 https://t.co/0gvsPjHnGI

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RT @KusuhashiLab: @japanfossil @kentani07 眼もきっといろいろかなと。モルガヌコドンはトガリネズミよりは眼が大きいかもしれませんよ。 https://t.co/0gvsPjHnGI

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みてる：https://t.co/dzNmFbS5x1

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RT @Guanlong_wucaii: コチラは単弓類(基盤的なキノドン類～基盤的な哺乳類まで)を対象にした研究です "Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex." 著者] Stephan L…

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RT @Guanlong_wucaii: コチラは単弓類(基盤的なキノドン類～基盤的な哺乳類まで)を対象にした研究です "Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex." 著者] Stephan L…

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冠龍 諸々を執筆中
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コチラは単弓類(基盤的なキノドン類～基盤的な哺乳類まで)を対象にした研究です "Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex." 著者] Stephan Lautenschlager, et al. 2016 https://t.co/m1KA5n7BP7 https://t.co/mTW0XDGIMU

May 11, 2023 · 7 likes · 3 shares · 2,193 followers View post →
冠龍 諸々を執筆中
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RT @KusuhashiLab: @japanfossil @kentani07 眼もきっといろいろかなと。モルガヌコドンはトガリネズミよりは眼が大きいかもしれませんよ。 https://t.co/0gvsPjHnGI

Aug 17, 2021 · 1 share · 2,193 followers View post →
Kusuhashi Lab 楠橋研究室 (愛媛大学)
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@japanfossil @kentani07 眼もきっといろいろかなと。モルガヌコドンはトガリネズミよりは眼が大きいかもしれませんよ。 https://t.co/0gvsPjHnGI

Jun 25, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 956 followers View post →
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RT @Guanlong_wucaii: Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex (Stephan Lautenschlager:2016) https://t.co/mV5teFsfeX

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冠龍 諸々を執筆中
@Guanlong_wucaii · X

Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex (Stephan Lautenschlager:2016) https://t.co/mV5teFsfeX

Aug 11, 2020 · 14 likes · 3 shares · 2,193 followers View post →
Rulon James Downard
@RJDownard · X

@StatedClearly @Ch_Hendrickx @TetZoo @CoastalPaleo Here's a 2017 paper https://t.co/NTPhy3pm9h on the muscle side of things, they've apparently done some 3-D modeling so that may be available somewhere.

Jun 11, 2020 · 2 likes · 3,605 followers View post →