Predator-prey interactions between marine reptiles and coleoid cephalopods throughout the Mesozoic.

• Project/Area Number: 16K17825
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Stratigraphy/Paleontology
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Iba Yasuhiro 北海道大学, 理学研究院, 准教授 (80610451)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 頭足類 / 進化史 / 中生代 / 捕食被食 / 進化古生物学 / 古生態 / 捕食被食関係 / 古生物学 / 共進化 / 海棲爬虫類

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Modern-type coleoid cephalopod comprises squid, cuttlefish and octopuses. They had an important position in ancient ecosystems, as important prey for marine reptiles as do modern squids now. The evolutionary history of this group is, however, hardly known because of lack of their fossil records. Here we develop a novel tomographic method and reconstruct diversity of modern-type coleoid without collection bias throughout the Late Cretaceous. And also we reveal its predator-prey relationship with marine reptiles throughout the Mesozoic.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

頭足類は，カンブリア紀～現在までの５億年間，世界中の海洋に繁栄し，絶滅と放散を繰り返してきた．現生の海洋における頭足類は，イカ・タコ類に代表され，これらは遊泳生物として魚類に次ぐバイオマスをもつ．現在海洋生態系の頂点に位置するハクジラ類等はイカ類を選択的に捕食しており，彼らの生命は，イカ類の圧倒的なバイオマスに支えられている．本研究では，現生と同様に過去には，海棲爬虫類などの頂点捕食者が，鞘形類（イカ・タコ・コウモリダコ・ベレムナイト類など非外殻性頭足類）に支えられてきたその変遷史を明らかにした．

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Ruhr-University Bochum(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Rhur University Bochum(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Berlin Free University/Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum/Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Museo Civico di Storia Naturale(イタリア)
• [Journal Article] Past emergent phase of Shatsky Rise deep-marine igneous plateau, (2017)
  • Author(s): Yasuhara, M., Ando, A., Iba, Y.
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 7 Pages: 15423-15423
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The first coleoid cephalopods from the Upper Cenomanian of Sicily (Italy) and their implications for the systematic-phylogenetic position of the Palaeololiginidae (Teudopseina) (2017)
  • Author(s): Stevens, K., Griesshaber, E., Schmahl, W., Cassela, L.A., Iba, Y., Mutterlose, J.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Volume: in press Issue: 6 Pages: 499-512
  • DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2016.1199055
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Belemnite biomineralization, development, and geochemistry: The complex rostrum of Neohibolites minimus (2017)
  • Author(s): Fuchs, D., Reitano, A., Insacco, G., Iba, Y.
  • Journal Title: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume: 468 Pages: 388-402
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.022
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] First record of rudist bivalves from Cretaceous limestone in the northern part of Myanmar (a preliminary report) (2018)
  • Author(s): Sano, S., Iba, Y. , Tin Tin Latt, Kubota, A., Saw Mu Tha Lay Paw, Thura Oo
  • Organizer: 日本古生物学会総会
• [Presentation] 次世代イメージング装置による地球生命化石探査法の革新：火星への応用可能性 (2018)
  • Author(s): 伊庭靖弘・長谷川精・竹田祐介・足立悠海・池上森・笹木慎太郎
  • Organizer: 第２回月着陸探査研究会
• [Remarks] Yasuhiro Iba, Ph.D.
• [Remarks] Iba Yasuhiro, Ph.D
• [Remarks] Iba Yasuhiro PhD.
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 破壊型検査装置及び検査方法 (2018)
  • Inventor(s): 伊庭靖弘
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 伊庭靖弘
  • Industrial Property Rights Type: 特許
  • Filing Date: 2018
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