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Rise and fall of the largest animals;baleen whals (Cetartiodactyla: Mysticeti)

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15F15329
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Research Field Stratigraphy/Paleontology
Research InstitutionNational Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo

Principal Investigator

甲能 直樹  独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 地学研究部, グループ長 (20250136)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TSAI CHENG-HSIU  独立行政法人国立科学博物館, 地学研究部, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2015-11-09 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywordsbaleen whale / ontogeny / phylogeny / heterochrony / paedomorphism / peramorphism / ancestor / descendant
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

ヒゲクジラ類の系統進化と地理的放散史の解明にあたって,ヒゲクジラ類の進化過程で起こった体サイズの巨大化に注目し,ヒゲクジラ類の個々の系統の祖先と子孫の関係からこれまでに知られているヒゲクジラ類の化石種と現生種を網羅的に再検討した.
具体的には,現生のヒゲクジラ類の頭蓋各部(とくに頭蓋幅)と体長の計測形態学的相関関係に基づいて,各地質時代のヒゲクジラ類各種の体長推定を行ない,これまで定説とされてきたヒゲクジラ類の体サイズの巨大化に関する仮説(ヒゲクジラ類の祖先はその出現時にすでに5mを超える巨大動物として存在していたとする仮説)を否定し,ヒゲクジラ類は小型の祖先から各系統群それぞれ独立に複数回巨大化したことを示した(Tsai and Kohno, 2017).
また,本研究により検討した沖縄県産のヒゲクジラ類化石を北半球から初産出のコセミクジラ化石として記載し,この仲間が寒冷期にたびたび赤道を越えて北半球に侵入した可能性を示唆した(Tsai et al., 2017).
さらに,かつて広島県から記載された中新世(およそ1500万年前)のヒゲクジラ類の絶滅種Parietobalaena yamaokaiの標本の一つが,その形態的特徴から新生児に準ずる若年齢の個体であることを明らかにすると共に,広域分布するヒゲクジラ類の一般的な繁殖生態に照らして,この時代の日本列島近海が少なくともP. yamaokaiの繁殖地であった可能性を論じた(Tsai, 2017).
これら一連の研究を通じて,ヒゲクジラ類の系統進化と地理的放散史の解明にあたっては,日本産ヒゲクジラ類化石が極めて重要な位置づけを持つことを明らかにした.

Research Progress Status

29年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

29年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • 2016 Annual Research Report
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 6 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Northern pygmy right whales highlight Quaternary marine mammal interchange.2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C.-H., Collareta, A., Fitzgerald, E. M. G., Marx, F. G., Kohno, N., Bosselaers, M., Insacco, G., Reitano, A., Catanzarti, R., Oishi, M. & Bianucci, G.
    • Journal Title

      Current Biology

      Volume: 27 Issue: 19 Pages: R1058-R1059

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.056

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti).2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C.-H.
    • Journal Title

      PeerJ

      Volume: 5 Pages: e3711-e3711

    • DOI

      10.7717/peerj.3711

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The earliest known fin whale Balaenoptera physalus from the early Pleistocene of Northern California, USA.2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C. H. and Boessenecker, R. W.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

      Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Pages: e1306536-e1306536

    • DOI

      10.1080/02724634.2017.1306536

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] A possible enigmatic kekenodontid (Cetacea, Kekenodontidae) from the Oligocene of Mexico.2016

    • Author(s)
      Hernandez-Cisneros, A. E. and Tsai, C. H.
    • Journal Title

      Paleontologia Mexicana

      Volume: 5 Pages: 147-155

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Multiple origins of gigantism in stem baleen whales.2016

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C. H. and Kohno, N.
    • Journal Title

      The Science of Nature: Naturwissenschaften

      Volume: 103 Issue: 11-12

    • DOI

      10.1007/s00114-016-1417-5

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Niche partitioning in Oligocene toothed mysticetes (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae).2016

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C.-H. and Ando, T.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Mammalian Evolution

      Volume: 23(1) Issue: 1 Pages: 33-41

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10914-015-9292-y

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A new Early Oligocene toothed 'baleen' whale (Mysticeti: Aetiocetidae) from western North America: one of the oldest and the smallest.2015

    • Author(s)
      Marx, F.G., Tsai, C.-H. and Fordyce, R.E.
    • Journal Title

      Royal Society Open Science

      Volume: 2 Pages: 1-35

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 初期ヒゲクジラ類の巨大化2017

    • Author(s)
      蔡 政修(ツァイ チェンシュウ)・甲能直樹
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第166回例会
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学(東京都新宿区西早稲田)
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Multiples ways to the extreme: body size of the stem baleen whales.2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C.-H. & Kohno, N.
    • Organizer
      8th International Meeting for the Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water. (Berlin, Germany)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The oldest known fin whale Balaenoptera physalus.2017

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C.-H. & Boessenecker, R.
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2017年年会(北九州自然史・歴史博物館)
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ヒゲクジラ類の初期進化における巨大化の実相2016

    • Author(s)
      蔡 政修(ツァイ チェンシュウ)・甲能直樹
    • Organizer
      日本哺乳類学会2016年度大会
    • Place of Presentation
      筑波大学(茨城県つくば市天王台)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Fossil gray whales from Taiwan Strait.2016

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C.-H.
    • Organizer
      第5回海峡両岸鯨類研究保護学会
    • Place of Presentation
      中国科学院新海科学与工程研究所(中国海南省三亜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Misleading phylogeny?: How ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny in baleen whales.2016

    • Author(s)
      蔡 政修(ツァイ チェンシュウ)
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2016年年会
    • Place of Presentation
      福井県立大学(福井県福井市永平寺町)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A possible paleo-breeding ground of the gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.2016

    • Author(s)
      Tsai, C-.H.
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第165回例会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府・京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-29
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Early niche partitioning in mysticete evolution: A gigantic toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Hokkaido, Japan.2016

    • Author(s)
      Ando, T. and Tsai, C-.H.
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第165回例会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府・京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-29
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2015-11-26   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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