Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity

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Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia; Pol, Diego; Ezcurra, Martin Daniel; Martínez, Ricardo Néstor
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2021
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Sauropodomorph dinosaurs were the dominant medium to large-sized herbivores of most Mesozoic continental ecosystems, being characterized by their long necks and reaching a size unparalleled by other terrestrial animals (> 60 tonnes). Our study of morphological disparity across the entire skeleton shows that during the Late Triassic the oldest known sauropodomorphs occupied a small region of morphospace, subsequently diversifying both taxonomically and ecologically, and shifting to a different and broader region of the morphospace. After the Triassic–Jurassic boundary event, there are no substancial changes in sauropodomorph morphospace occupation. Almost all Jurassic sauropodomorph clades stem from ghost lineages that cross the Triassic–Jurassic boundary, indicating that variations after the extinction were more related to changes of pre-existing lineages (massospondylids, non-gravisaurian sauropodiforms) rather than the emergence of distinct clades or body plans. Modifications in the locomotion (bipedal to quadrupedal) and the successive increase in body mass seem to be the main attributes driving sauropodomorph morphospace distribution during the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic. The extinction of all non-sauropod sauropodomorphs by the Toarcian and the subsequent diversification of gravisaurian sauropods represent a second expansion of the sauropodomorph morphospace, representing the onset of the flourishing of these megaherbivores that subsequently dominated in Middle and Late Jurassic terrestrial assemblages.
Fil: Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; Argentina
Fil: Pol, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio; Argentina
Fil: Ezcurra, Martin Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Martínez, Ricardo Néstor. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales; Argentina
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spelling Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparityApaldetti, Graciela CeciliaPol, DiegoEzcurra, Martin DanielMartínez, Ricardo NéstorJurásicoTriásicoSauropodomorphaDisparidadhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Sauropodomorph dinosaurs were the dominant medium to large-sized herbivores of most Mesozoic continental ecosystems, being characterized by their long necks and reaching a size unparalleled by other terrestrial animals (> 60 tonnes). Our study of morphological disparity across the entire skeleton shows that during the Late Triassic the oldest known sauropodomorphs occupied a small region of morphospace, subsequently diversifying both taxonomically and ecologically, and shifting to a different and broader region of the morphospace. After the Triassic–Jurassic boundary event, there are no substancial changes in sauropodomorph morphospace occupation. Almost all Jurassic sauropodomorph clades stem from ghost lineages that cross the Triassic–Jurassic boundary, indicating that variations after the extinction were more related to changes of pre-existing lineages (massospondylids, non-gravisaurian sauropodiforms) rather than the emergence of distinct clades or body plans. Modifications in the locomotion (bipedal to quadrupedal) and the successive increase in body mass seem to be the main attributes driving sauropodomorph morphospace distribution during the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic. The extinction of all non-sauropod sauropodomorphs by the Toarcian and the subsequent diversification of gravisaurian sauropods represent a second expansion of the sauropodomorph morphospace, representing the onset of the flourishing of these megaherbivores that subsequently dominated in Middle and Late Jurassic terrestrial assemblages.Fil: Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; ArgentinaFil: Pol, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio; ArgentinaFil: Ezcurra, Martin Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Martínez, Ricardo Néstor. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales; ArgentinaNature Publishing Group2021-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/166476Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia; Pol, Diego; Ezcurra, Martin Daniel; Martínez, Ricardo Néstor; Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity; Nature Publishing Group; Scientific Reports; 11; 22534; 12-2021; 1-112045-2322CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1038/s41598-021-01120-winfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01120-winfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:47:44Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/166476instacron: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:34982025-09-29 09:47:44.683CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
title Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
spellingShingle Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia
Jurásico
Triásico
Sauropodomorpha
Disparidad
title_short Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
title_full Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
title_fullStr Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
title_full_unstemmed Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
title_sort Sauropodomorph evolution across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary: Body size, locomotion, and their influence on morphological disparity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia
Pol, Diego
Ezcurra, Martin Daniel
Martínez, Ricardo Néstor
author Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia
author_facet Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia
Pol, Diego
Ezcurra, Martin Daniel
Martínez, Ricardo Néstor
author_role author
author2 Pol, Diego
Ezcurra, Martin Daniel
Martínez, Ricardo Néstor
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Jurásico
Triásico
Sauropodomorpha
Disparidad
topic Jurásico
Triásico
Sauropodomorpha
Disparidad
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Sauropodomorph dinosaurs were the dominant medium to large-sized herbivores of most Mesozoic continental ecosystems, being characterized by their long necks and reaching a size unparalleled by other terrestrial animals (> 60 tonnes). Our study of morphological disparity across the entire skeleton shows that during the Late Triassic the oldest known sauropodomorphs occupied a small region of morphospace, subsequently diversifying both taxonomically and ecologically, and shifting to a different and broader region of the morphospace. After the Triassic–Jurassic boundary event, there are no substancial changes in sauropodomorph morphospace occupation. Almost all Jurassic sauropodomorph clades stem from ghost lineages that cross the Triassic–Jurassic boundary, indicating that variations after the extinction were more related to changes of pre-existing lineages (massospondylids, non-gravisaurian sauropodiforms) rather than the emergence of distinct clades or body plans. Modifications in the locomotion (bipedal to quadrupedal) and the successive increase in body mass seem to be the main attributes driving sauropodomorph morphospace distribution during the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic. The extinction of all non-sauropod sauropodomorphs by the Toarcian and the subsequent diversification of gravisaurian sauropods represent a second expansion of the sauropodomorph morphospace, representing the onset of the flourishing of these megaherbivores that subsequently dominated in Middle and Late Jurassic terrestrial assemblages.
Fil: Apaldetti, Graciela Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - San Juan. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Centro de Investigaciones de la Geosfera y Biosfera; Argentina
Fil: Pol, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio; Argentina
Fil: Ezcurra, Martin Daniel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; Argentina
Fil: Martínez, Ricardo Néstor. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales; Argentina
description Sauropodomorph dinosaurs were the dominant medium to large-sized herbivores of most Mesozoic continental ecosystems, being characterized by their long necks and reaching a size unparalleled by other terrestrial animals (> 60 tonnes). Our study of morphological disparity across the entire skeleton shows that during the Late Triassic the oldest known sauropodomorphs occupied a small region of morphospace, subsequently diversifying both taxonomically and ecologically, and shifting to a different and broader region of the morphospace. After the Triassic–Jurassic boundary event, there are no substancial changes in sauropodomorph morphospace occupation. Almost all Jurassic sauropodomorph clades stem from ghost lineages that cross the Triassic–Jurassic boundary, indicating that variations after the extinction were more related to changes of pre-existing lineages (massospondylids, non-gravisaurian sauropodiforms) rather than the emergence of distinct clades or body plans. Modifications in the locomotion (bipedal to quadrupedal) and the successive increase in body mass seem to be the main attributes driving sauropodomorph morphospace distribution during the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic. The extinction of all non-sauropod sauropodomorphs by the Toarcian and the subsequent diversification of gravisaurian sauropods represent a second expansion of the sauropodomorph morphospace, representing the onset of the flourishing of these megaherbivores that subsequently dominated in Middle and Late Jurassic terrestrial assemblages.
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