Dietary diversity and evolution of the earliest flying vertebrates revealed by dental microwear texture analysis.

作者: Jordan Bestwick , David M. Unwin , Richard J. Butler , Mark A. Purnell

DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-19022-2

关键词: Evolutionary biologyPterodactylusBiologyAustriadactylusSympatric speciationNiche differentiationGeneralist and specialist speciesDimorphodonRhamphorhynchusVertebrate

摘要: … dietary differences between taxa, between sympatric species … We also provide evidence of sympatric niche partitioning … seven monitor lizard species assigned to one of five dietary guilds…

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