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Functional morphology of optical organs which are preserved in the Cambrian arthropods

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19740320
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Stratigraphy/Paleontology
Research InstitutionGunma Museum of Natural History (2008)
Kyoto University (2007)

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Gengo  Gunma Museum of Natural History, 学芸員 (50437191)

Project Period (FY) 2007 – 2008
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Keywords層位・古生物学 / 光スイッチ / 節足動物 / 光学的古生物学 / カンブリア紀 / 古生物 / 例外的に保存の良い化石 / 地層 / 進化
Research Abstract

カンブリア紀の地層は日本に露出しておらず、海外調査に重点をおいて研究を行った。スウェーデン南部のカンブリア紀の地層が露出する地域を調査し、そこから眼の細部まで3次元的に保存された、三葉虫をはじめとした微小(1mm未満)な節足動物化石を発見した。電子顕微鏡を用いた調査の結果、複眼やノープリウス眼様の眼、1つの単眼様の眼など、様々な眼をもった節足動物が古生代の初めのカンブリア紀にはすでに地球上に現れていたことが初めて明らかになった。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2008 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2007 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (34 results)

All 2009 2008 2007 Other

All Journal Article (17 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 14 results) Presentation (15 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Andrew Parker, David Siveter, Haruyoshi Maeda and Masumi Furutani, An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene dolichopodid fly eye: function and evolutionary significance2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B vol.276

      Pages: 1015-1019

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Redescription of Bradleya japonica Benson, 1972 (Ostracoda) from the Sea of Japan and the significance of its shell shape from an optical point of view2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka, Tomonari Kaji, Haruyoshi Maeda
    • Journal Title

      Crustaceana vol.82

      Pages: 1109-1118

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Adaptive modifications of carapace outlines in the Cytheroidea (Ostracoda: Crustacea)2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Biological Journal of the Linnean Society vol.97

      Pages: 810-821

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] David Siveter and Andrew Parker, The visual system and paleoecology of the Silurian ostracod Primitiopsis planifrons2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Paleontology vol.83

      Pages: 414-421

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Late Miocene and Pliocene Ostracoda from the Shimajiri Group, Kume-jima Island, Japan: Biogeographical significance of the timing of the formation of back-arc basin (Okinawa Trough)2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka, Shin-ichi Nomura
    • Journal Title

      Palaeogeograpgy, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology vol.276

      Pages: 56-68

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 西南日本島根県中部中新統古江層から産出した介形虫化石群2009

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・野村律夫
    • Journal Title

      地質学雑誌 115

      Pages: 261-265

    • NAID

      130000123128

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 四国南西部, 愛媛県宇和島市九島地域に分布する白亜系「下部四万十層群」の地質と層序2009

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・高岡巳直
    • Journal Title

      三笠市立博物館紀要 13

      Pages: 1-11

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] スウェーデン中南部, キンネキューレ地方の上部カンブリア系エイラム頁岩層の「オルステン型」化石鉱脈の産出層準2009

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・前田晴良
    • Journal Title

      三笠市立博物館紀要 13

      Pages: 13-20

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An exceptionally well-preserved Eocene dolichopodid fly eye : function and evolutionary significance2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka, Andrew Parker, David Siveter, Haruyoshi Maeda and Masumi Furutani
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 276

      Pages: 1015-1019

    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The visual system and paleoecology of the Silurian ostracod Primitiopsis planifrons2009

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka, David Siveter and Andrew Parker
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Paleontology 83

      Pages: 414-421

    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Recent benthonic ostracod assemblages as indicators of the Tsushima Warm Current in the southwestern Sea of Japan2008

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Hydrobiologia vol.598

      Pages: 271-284

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Recent benthonic ostracod assemblages as indicators of the Tsushima Warm Current in the southwestern Sea of Japan2008

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Hydrobiologia 598

      Pages: 271-284

    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report 2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 視覚の進化とカンブリア紀大進化2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾
    • Journal Title

      遺伝 61

      Pages: 54-59

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Kinematics of adductor muscle and pattern formation of various shell ornamentations in marine and brackish water ostracods2007

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Paleontological Research 11

      Pages: 123-133

    • NAID

      110006317410

    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Toshifumi Komatsu and Nguyen Duc Phong, Recent ostracod assemblages from the northeastern coast of Vietnam and the biogeographical significance of the euryhaline species

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Micropaleontology, accepted

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] David Siveter and Andrew Parker, Three-dimensionally preserved decapod larval compound eyes from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka, Robin Smith
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science (accepted)

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Original structural color preserved in an ancient leaf beetle

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka, Hideki Taniguchi, Haruyoshi Maeda, Shin-ichi Nomura
    • Journal Title

      Geology (accepted)

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 日本産化石ハムシに保存された構造色2008

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・谷口秀樹・前田晴良・野村真一
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台(東北大学)
    • Year and Date
      2008-07-05
    • Related Report
      2008 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 日本産化石ハムシに保存された構造色2008

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・谷口秀樹・前田晴良・野村真一
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2008年年会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] カンブリア紀の"汚物だめ"-Orsten型化石鉱脈の保存の鍵-2008

    • Author(s)
      前田晴良・田中源吾・下林典正・大野照文
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2008年年会
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] The evolution of carapace outline of the Cytheroidea (Ostracoda, Crustacea)-its phylogenetic constraint and adaptive modification2007

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Organizer
      The Palaeontological Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Uppsala (Sweden)
    • Year and Date
      2007-12-17
    • Related Report
      2007 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] スウェーデン上部カンブリア系エイラム頁岩中に含まれる軟体部保存を示す節足動物化石とその光学器官の進化学的意義2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・鈴木雄太郎・前田晴良
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会156回例会
    • Place of Presentation
      徳島
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 対馬海峡の表層堆積物から得られた現生オストラコーダ群2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾
    • Organizer
      日本動物分類学会第43回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北九州
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 例外的に保存されたアシナガバエ(双翅類)の複眼化石の形態学的研究2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2007年年会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Cytherocopina(介形虫類)の殻アウトラインにみられる系統的制約と適応的変異性2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2007年年会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] オストラコーダの殻の理論形態学2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾
    • Organizer
      日本オストラコーダ研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      滋賀
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] スウェーデン上部カンブリア系エイラム頁岩中に含まれる軟体部保存を示す節足動物化石とその光学器官の進化学的意義2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・鈴木雄太郎・前田晴良
    • Organizer
      KAGI21別府シンポジウム2007
    • Place of Presentation
      別府
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 久米島の上部新生界島尻層群から産出したオストラコーダ化石群(予報)2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・野村真一・前田晴良
    • Organizer
      KAGI21別府シンポジウム2007
    • Place of Presentation
      別府
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] バルト琥珀中に包有されたアシナガバエ化石の眼の進化学的研究2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾・前田晴良
    • Organizer
      KAGI21別府シンポジウム2007
    • Place of Presentation
      別府
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 久米島の上部新生界島尻層群から産出した岩礁性フジツボ・カメノテ化石(予報)2007

    • Author(s)
      野村真一・田中源吾・前田晴良
    • Organizer
      KAGI21別府シンポジウム2007
    • Place of Presentation
      別府
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] The evolution in carapace outline of the Cytheroidea (Ostracoda, Crustacea)-its phylogenetic constraint and adaptive modification2007

    • Author(s)
      Gengo Tanaka
    • Organizer
      51 th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Uppsala
    • Place of Presentation
      Sweden
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] 例外的に保存された始新世のハエ化石の複眼の形態と機能2007

    • Author(s)
      田中源吾
    • Organizer
      地球惑星科学関連学会2007年合同大会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉
    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.gmnh.pref.gunma.jp/about/organization/arts/tanaka.html

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://www.core-orsten-research.de/00_memberimages.html

    • Related Report
      2008 Final Research Report

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