Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution

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Cullen, Thomas; Canale, Juan Ignacio; Apesteguía, Sebastián; Smith, Nathan D.; Hu, Dongyu; Makovicky, Peter J.
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2020
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The independent evolution of gigantism among dinosaurs has been a topic of long-standing interest, but it remains unclear if gigantic theropods, the largest bipeds in the fossil record, all achieved massive sizes in the same manner, or through different strategies. We perform multi-element histological analyses on a phylogenetically broad dataset sampled from eight theropod families, with a focus on gigantic tyrannosaurids and carcharodontosaurids, to reconstruct the growth strategies of these lineages and test if particular bones consistently preserve the most complete growth record. We find that in skeletally mature gigantic theropods, weight-bearing bones consistently preserve extensive growth records, whereas non- weight-bearing bones are remodelled and less useful for growth reconstruction, contrary to the pattern observed in smaller theropods and some other dinosaur clades. We find a heterochronic pattern of growth fitting an acceleration model in tyrannosaurids, with allosauroid carcharodontosaurids better fitting a model of hypermorphosis. These divergent growth patterns appear phylogenetically constrained, representing extreme versions of the growth patterns present in smaller coelurosaurs and allosauroids, respectively. This provides the first evidence of a lack of strong mechanistic or physiological constraints on size evolution in the largest bipeds in the fossil record and evidence of one of the longest-living individual dinosaurs ever documented.
Fil: Cullen, Thomas. Field Museum of National History; Estados Unidos. North Carolina State University; Estados Unidos. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Estados Unidos
Fil: Canale, Juan Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina. Provincia del Neuquén. Municipalidad de Villa El Chocón. Museo Paleontológico "Ernesto Bachmann"; Argentina
Fil: Apesteguía, Sebastián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Universidad Maimónides. Área de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Biotecnológicas. Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Biotecnológicos, Ambientales y de Diagnóstico; Argentina
Fil: Smith, Nathan D.. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Dinosaur Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Hu, Dongyu. Shenyang Normal University; República de China. Ministry of Natural Resources; República de China
Fil: Makovicky, Peter J.. Field Museum of National History; Estados Unidos. University of Minnesota; Estados Unidos
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GROWTH
GIGANTISM
BODY-SIZE EVOLUTION
THEROPOD
DINOSAUR
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spelling Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolutionCullen, ThomasCanale, Juan IgnacioApesteguía, SebastiánSmith, Nathan D.Hu, DongyuMakovicky, Peter J.OSTEOHISTOLOGYGROWTHGIGANTISMBODY-SIZE EVOLUTIONTHEROPODDINOSAURhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1The independent evolution of gigantism among dinosaurs has been a topic of long-standing interest, but it remains unclear if gigantic theropods, the largest bipeds in the fossil record, all achieved massive sizes in the same manner, or through different strategies. We perform multi-element histological analyses on a phylogenetically broad dataset sampled from eight theropod families, with a focus on gigantic tyrannosaurids and carcharodontosaurids, to reconstruct the growth strategies of these lineages and test if particular bones consistently preserve the most complete growth record. We find that in skeletally mature gigantic theropods, weight-bearing bones consistently preserve extensive growth records, whereas non- weight-bearing bones are remodelled and less useful for growth reconstruction, contrary to the pattern observed in smaller theropods and some other dinosaur clades. We find a heterochronic pattern of growth fitting an acceleration model in tyrannosaurids, with allosauroid carcharodontosaurids better fitting a model of hypermorphosis. These divergent growth patterns appear phylogenetically constrained, representing extreme versions of the growth patterns present in smaller coelurosaurs and allosauroids, respectively. This provides the first evidence of a lack of strong mechanistic or physiological constraints on size evolution in the largest bipeds in the fossil record and evidence of one of the longest-living individual dinosaurs ever documented.Fil: Cullen, Thomas. Field Museum of National History; Estados Unidos. North Carolina State University; Estados Unidos. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Canale, Juan Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina. Provincia del Neuquén. Municipalidad de Villa El Chocón. Museo Paleontológico "Ernesto Bachmann"; ArgentinaFil: Apesteguía, Sebastián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Universidad Maimónides. Área de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Biotecnológicas. Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Biotecnológicos, Ambientales y de Diagnóstico; ArgentinaFil: Smith, Nathan D.. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Dinosaur Institute; Estados UnidosFil: Hu, Dongyu. Shenyang Normal University; República de China. Ministry of Natural Resources; República de ChinaFil: Makovicky, Peter J.. Field Museum of National History; Estados Unidos. University of Minnesota; Estados UnidosThe Royal Society2020-11-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/151200Cullen, Thomas; Canale, Juan Ignacio; Apesteguía, Sebastián; Smith, Nathan D.; Hu, Dongyu; et al.; Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution; The Royal Society; Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences; 287; 1939; 25-11-2020; 1-90962-84521471-2954CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.2258info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.2258info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T09:54:25Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/151200instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 09:54:26.094CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
title Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
spellingShingle Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
Cullen, Thomas
OSTEOHISTOLOGY
GROWTH
GIGANTISM
BODY-SIZE EVOLUTION
THEROPOD
DINOSAUR
title_short Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
title_full Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
title_fullStr Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
title_full_unstemmed Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
title_sort Osteohistological analyses reveal diverse strategies of theropod dinosaur body-size evolution
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cullen, Thomas
Canale, Juan Ignacio
Apesteguía, Sebastián
Smith, Nathan D.
Hu, Dongyu
Makovicky, Peter J.
author Cullen, Thomas
author_facet Cullen, Thomas
Canale, Juan Ignacio
Apesteguía, Sebastián
Smith, Nathan D.
Hu, Dongyu
Makovicky, Peter J.
author_role author
author2 Canale, Juan Ignacio
Apesteguía, Sebastián
Smith, Nathan D.
Hu, Dongyu
Makovicky, Peter J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv OSTEOHISTOLOGY
GROWTH
GIGANTISM
BODY-SIZE EVOLUTION
THEROPOD
DINOSAUR
topic OSTEOHISTOLOGY
GROWTH
GIGANTISM
BODY-SIZE EVOLUTION
THEROPOD
DINOSAUR
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The independent evolution of gigantism among dinosaurs has been a topic of long-standing interest, but it remains unclear if gigantic theropods, the largest bipeds in the fossil record, all achieved massive sizes in the same manner, or through different strategies. We perform multi-element histological analyses on a phylogenetically broad dataset sampled from eight theropod families, with a focus on gigantic tyrannosaurids and carcharodontosaurids, to reconstruct the growth strategies of these lineages and test if particular bones consistently preserve the most complete growth record. We find that in skeletally mature gigantic theropods, weight-bearing bones consistently preserve extensive growth records, whereas non- weight-bearing bones are remodelled and less useful for growth reconstruction, contrary to the pattern observed in smaller theropods and some other dinosaur clades. We find a heterochronic pattern of growth fitting an acceleration model in tyrannosaurids, with allosauroid carcharodontosaurids better fitting a model of hypermorphosis. These divergent growth patterns appear phylogenetically constrained, representing extreme versions of the growth patterns present in smaller coelurosaurs and allosauroids, respectively. This provides the first evidence of a lack of strong mechanistic or physiological constraints on size evolution in the largest bipeds in the fossil record and evidence of one of the longest-living individual dinosaurs ever documented.
Fil: Cullen, Thomas. Field Museum of National History; Estados Unidos. North Carolina State University; Estados Unidos. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Estados Unidos
Fil: Canale, Juan Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina. Provincia del Neuquén. Municipalidad de Villa El Chocón. Museo Paleontológico "Ernesto Bachmann"; Argentina
Fil: Apesteguía, Sebastián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Confluencia; Argentina. Fundación de Historia Natural Félix de Azara; Argentina. Universidad Maimónides. Área de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Biotecnológicas. Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Biotecnológicos, Ambientales y de Diagnóstico; Argentina
Fil: Smith, Nathan D.. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Dinosaur Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Hu, Dongyu. Shenyang Normal University; República de China. Ministry of Natural Resources; República de China
Fil: Makovicky, Peter J.. Field Museum of National History; Estados Unidos. University of Minnesota; Estados Unidos
description The independent evolution of gigantism among dinosaurs has been a topic of long-standing interest, but it remains unclear if gigantic theropods, the largest bipeds in the fossil record, all achieved massive sizes in the same manner, or through different strategies. We perform multi-element histological analyses on a phylogenetically broad dataset sampled from eight theropod families, with a focus on gigantic tyrannosaurids and carcharodontosaurids, to reconstruct the growth strategies of these lineages and test if particular bones consistently preserve the most complete growth record. We find that in skeletally mature gigantic theropods, weight-bearing bones consistently preserve extensive growth records, whereas non- weight-bearing bones are remodelled and less useful for growth reconstruction, contrary to the pattern observed in smaller theropods and some other dinosaur clades. We find a heterochronic pattern of growth fitting an acceleration model in tyrannosaurids, with allosauroid carcharodontosaurids better fitting a model of hypermorphosis. These divergent growth patterns appear phylogenetically constrained, representing extreme versions of the growth patterns present in smaller coelurosaurs and allosauroids, respectively. This provides the first evidence of a lack of strong mechanistic or physiological constraints on size evolution in the largest bipeds in the fossil record and evidence of one of the longest-living individual dinosaurs ever documented.
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