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ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
卷 159, 期 4, 页码 954-987出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00607.x
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adaptation; Australia; Cenozoic; environmental change; kangaroo phylogeny; Lagostrophinae; morphological analysis; New Guinea; osteology
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Macropodids are the most diverse group of marsupial herbivores ever to have evolved. They have been the subject of more phylogenetic studies than any other marsupial family, yet relationships of several key clades remain uncertain. Two important problem areas have been the position of the merrnine (Lagostrophus fasciatus) and the phylogenetic proximity of treekangaroos and rockwallabies. Our osteological analysis revealed strong support for a plesiomorphic dade (Lagostrophinae subfam, nov.) containing Lagostrophus and &oposodon, which is likely to have originated in the early Miocene. The extinct shortfaced kangaroos (Sthenurinae) emerged in the middle Miocene as the sister lineage to a dade containing all other living kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodinae) New Guinea forest wallabies (Dorcopsini trib, nov.) are the most plesiomorphic macropodines; the other two main lineages include tree kangaroos and rock wallabies (Dendrolagini), and 'true' kangaroos and wallabies (Macropo dini). These phylogenetic outcomes are broadly consistent with the results of recent molecular studies, although conflicts remain over the relative positions of some macropodins (eg. Setonix, Onychogalea, and Wallabia). Given the presence of derived dendrolagins and macropodins in early Pliocene localities, it is probable that most macropodine genera originated in the late Miocene. Key functional-adaptive trajectories within the craniodental and locomotory systems of the dominant macropodid lineages represent varying responses to the spread of drier, open habitats following the Miocene Climatic Optimum. (C) 2010 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 159, 954-987.
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