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Reproductive strategy of basal birds

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K23453
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0204:Astronomy, earth and planetary science, and related fields
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

Tanaka Kohei  筑波大学, 生命環境系, 助教 (50841970)

Project Period (FY) 2019-08-30 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords恐竜類 / 鳥類 / 繁殖 / 卵 / 進化 / 獣脚類 / 卵化石 / 化石 / 中生代 / 古生態 / エナンティオルニス類 / 初期鳥類 / 繁殖戦略
Outline of Research at the Start

鳥類は地球上の隅々まで生活圏を広げ,1億5000万年間も繁栄を続ける唯一の陸上脊椎動物である.手厚い子育てを行う独自の繁殖方法の獲得が,成功の要因のひとつと考えられる.しかしながら,初期鳥類(中生代鳥類)の繁殖に関する研究は乏しく,鳥類が独自の繁殖戦略を獲得するまでの経緯は不明である.そこで本研究は,「鳥類の繁殖戦略はどのように進化したか」を問うため,①繁殖戦略の指標のひとつとなる初期鳥類の卵の形状とサイズを推定し,その上で②繁殖戦略の変遷を明らかにする.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study explores the relative egg size and egg shape of Mesozoic birds to infer the evolution of reproductive strategy in birds. Evolution of egg shape in basal birds was discussed using fossil egg materials collected from the Early Cretaceous of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. These egg specimens are extremely elongated and assigned to a non-avian maniraptoran theropod, suggesting that the drastic change in egg shape occurred after the origin of birds. The relative egg size of basal birds was estimated based on a correlation between pelvis size and egg size of extant species. It can be concluded that non-ornithuromorph birds likely laid small eggs relative to their body size.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

鳥類は比較的大型の卵を産み,抱卵するなど,独自の繁殖様式を持つ.本研究では,鳥類の繁殖様式がどのように獲得されたのかを,初期鳥類に焦点を当てて考察している.これまで,中生代の鳥類は卵化石に乏しく,詳細な研究は少なかった.そこで本研究では新たな化石試料を見出し,卵形状の進化変遷を考察した.また,骨盤化石から卵サイズを推定する方法を考案することで,卵化石が見つかっていない分類群でも卵サイズの推定が可能となった.凡庸性の高い手法の開発により,今後,鳥類をはじめとする絶滅主竜類の繁殖様式の理解が進むと期待される.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (45 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (10 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results) Book (11 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] カルガリー大学/王立ティレル古生物博物館(カナダ)

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      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales(アルゼンチン)

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      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] カルガリー大学/王立ティレル古生物博物館(カナダ)

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      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 国家地質博物館(ウズベキスタン)

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      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] カルガリー大学/ロイヤルティレル古生物博物館(カナダ)

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      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウズベキスタン共和国国家地質鉱物資源委員会付属国家地質博物館(ウズベキスタン)

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      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales(アルゼンチン)

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      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] カルガリー大学/ロイヤルティレル古生物博物館(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ウズベキスタン共和国国家地質鉱物資源委員会付属国家地質博物館(ウズベキスタン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales(アルゼンチン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Fossil eggshells from the Early Cretaceous Okurodani Formation, northern central Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Uematsu Rina, Tanaka Kohei, Kozu Shohei, Isaji Shinji, Shimojima Shizuo
    • Journal Title

      Historical Biology

      Volume: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2142910 Issue: 12 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1080/08912963.2022.2142910

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A fossil Monstersauria (Squamata: Anguimorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of the Sasayama Group in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda Tadahiro、Ota Hidetoshi、Tanaka Tomonori、Ikuno Kenji、Kubota Katsuhiro、Tanaka Kohei、Saegusa Haruo
    • Journal Title

      Cretaceous Research

      Volume: 130 Pages: 105063-105063

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105063

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur occupies apex predator niche in the early Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan2021

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Kohei、Anvarov Otabek Ulugbek Ogli、Zelenitsky Darla K.、Ahmedshaev Akhmadjon Shayakubovich、Kobayashi Yoshitsugu
    • Journal Title

      Royal Society Open Science

      Volume: 8 Issue: 9 Pages: 210923-210923

    • DOI

      10.1098/rsos.210923

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Mandibular force profiles and tooth morphology in growth series of Albertosaurus sarcophagus and Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae: Albertosaurinae) provide evidence for an ontogenetic dietary shift in tyrannosaurids2021

    • Author(s)
      Therrien Francois, Zelenitsky Darla K., Voris Jared T., Tanaka Kohei
    • Journal Title

      Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

      Volume: - Issue: 9 Pages: 812-828

    • DOI

      10.1139/cjes-2020-0177

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Exceptionally small theropod eggs from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Kohei, Zelenitsky Darla K., Therrien Francois, Ikeda Tadahiro, Kubota Katsuhiro, Saegusa Haruo, Tanaka Tomonori, Ikuno Kenji
    • Journal Title

      Cretaceous Research

      Volume: 114 Pages: 104519-104519

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104519

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] シルクロードの恐竜化石:恐竜研究がもたらすもの2020

    • Author(s)
      田中 康平
    • Journal Title

      文明のクロスロード

      Volume: 12 Pages: 573-581

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 兵庫県丹波地域の下部白亜系篠山層群大山下層から発見された主竜類および車軸藻化石の分類学的帰属の検討2023

    • Author(s)
      久保田克博, 田中 康平, 池田忠広, 田中公教, 定森佑夏
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第172 回例会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 卵殻化石:ありふれた化石から新しい情報を読み解く2023

    • Author(s)
      田中 康平, 沼澤輝久, 大友絢琳, 藤崎渉, 池端慶, 松井洋平, 吉田英一
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第172 回例会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A diverse dinosaur egg assemblage from the mid-Cretaceous Jinhua Formation, Zhejiang Province, China2022

    • Author(s)
      Kohei Tanaka, Waisum Ma, Darla K. Zelenitsky, and Rongjun Chen
    • Organizer
      Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 82nd Annual Meeting
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      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Turtle and theropod eggshells from the Hauterivian to Barremian of Okurodani Formation, northern central Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Rina Uematsu, Kohei Tanaka, Shohei Kozu, Shinji Isaji, Shizuo Shimojima
    • Organizer
      Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 82nd Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 兵庫県の下部白亜系篠山層群大山下層から記載されたモンスターサウリアの一種 Morohasaurus kamitakiensis(有鱗目: オオトカゲ下目)のもつ系統学的,生物地理学的示唆について2022

    • Author(s)
      池田忠広・太田英利・田中公教・生野賢司・久保田克博・田中康平
    • Organizer
      日本爬虫両棲類学会第61回沖縄大会
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      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Dinosaurs from Uzbekistan2022

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Kohei, Anvarov Otabek
    • Organizer
      文明のクロスロード14 国際会議 比較類型研究のプリズムを通して、異なる文化、民族性、言語の相互理解
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      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ウズベキスタン共和国の上部白亜系ビセクティ層から産出したカルカロドントサウルス類恐竜2022

    • Author(s)
      田中 康平, Otabek A., Zelenitsky D.K., Ahmedshaev A., 小林快次
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2022年例会
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      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Timing of ontogenetic niche shift in Albertosaurus sarcophagus and Gorgosaurus libratus (Tyrannosauridae: Albertosaurinae) indicated by mandibular biomechanical properties and ontogenetic changes in tooth morphology and bite force2021

    • Author(s)
      Therrien F., Zelenitsky D.K., Voris J.T., Tanaka Kohei
    • Organizer
      The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 81st Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 岐阜県高山市荘川町から産出したカメ類・恐竜類の卵殻化石2021

    • Author(s)
      植松 里菜, 田中 康平, 髙津 翔平, 伊佐治 鎭司, 下島 志津夫
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会2021年年会
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  • [Presentation] Preliminary reports on the ecology of Cretaceous pantrionychian turtles based on the carapace bone histology2021

    • Author(s)
      深澤春香, 田中 康平, 中島保寿
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
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  • [Presentation] A large neovenatorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation (Turonian), Uzbekistan2020

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Kohei, Anvarov Otabek Ulugbek Ogli, Ahmedshaev Akhmadjon Shayakubovich, Kobayashi Yoshitsugu
    • Organizer
      Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 80th Annual Meeting
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    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 兵庫県丹波市の下部白亜系篠山層群から発見されたオオトカゲ類化石2020

    • Author(s)
      田中康平, 池田忠広, 久保田克博, 三枝春生, 田中公教, 生野賢司, 半田久美子, Zelenitsky, D., Therrien, F.
    • Organizer
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  • [Presentation] 兵庫県丹波市から発見された獣脚類恐竜の卵・卵殻化石2020

    • Author(s)
      池田忠広, 太田英利, 三枝春生, 久保田克博, 生野賢司, 田中公教, 半田久美子, 田中康平
    • Organizer
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  • [Presentation] Body mass estimation of avian embryos using bone dimensions2020

    • Author(s)
      Kuhn, N., Tanaka, K., Zelenitsky, D.K., Therrien, F.
    • Organizer
      日本古生物学会第169回例会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Colonial nesting ground from Late Cretaceous Mongolia reveals nest attendance behavior in a non-avian theropod2019

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka, K., Kobayashi, Y., Zelenitsky, D.K., Therien, T., Lee, Y.-N., Barsbold, R., Kubota, K., Lee, H.-J., Chinzorig, T., Iderskaikhan
    • Organizer
      First Asian Palaeontological Congress
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  • [Presentation] A nearly complete skeleton of a hadrosaurine dinosaur (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the marine deposits of the Late Cretaceous Hakobuchi Formation, Yezo Group, Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Y., Nishimura, T., Takasaki, R., Chiba, K., Fiorillo, A.R.I, Tanaka, K., Chinzorig, T., Sato, T., Sakurai, K.
    • Organizer
      First Asian Palaeontological Congress
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  • [Presentation] A new crested hadrosaurine (Dinosauria: Hadrosauridae) from the marine deposits of the Late Cretaceous Hakobuchi Formation (Maastrichtian), Yezo Group, Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Y., Nishimura, T., Takasaki, R., Chiba, K., Fiorillo, A.R.I, Tanaka, K., Chinzorig, T., Sato, T., Sakurai, K.
    • Organizer
      Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 79th Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
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  • [Book] 古生物学の百科事典2023

    • Author(s)
      日本古生物学会(分担執筆)
    • Total Pages
      790
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621307588
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    • Author(s)
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    • Total Pages
      32
    • Publisher
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    • ISBN
      9784198653118
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    • Author(s)
      田中康平
    • Total Pages
      416
    • Publisher
      創元社
    • ISBN
      9784422430416
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    • Author(s)
      マイケル・J・ベントン, 久保田克博, 千葉謙太郎, 田中康平, 喜多直子
    • Total Pages
      352
    • Publisher
      創元社
    • ISBN
      9784422430409
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    • Author(s)
      ダレン・ナイシュ、ジョン・ウッドワード、田中 康平、喜多 直子
    • Total Pages
      208
    • Publisher
      創元社
    • ISBN
      4422430297
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      NHK「子ども科学電話相談」制作班、小林 快次、田中 康平
    • Total Pages
      128
    • Publisher
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    • ISBN
      4140113669
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    • Author(s)
      ダレン・ナイシュ、クリス・バーカー、ダレン・ナイシュ、田中 康平、喜多 直子
    • Total Pages
      160
    • Publisher
      創元社
    • ISBN
      4422430319
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    • Author(s)
      丸山貴史、田中康平、マツダユカ
    • Total Pages
      192
    • Publisher
      西東社
    • Related Report
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    • Author(s)
      マーク・A・ノレル、田中 康平、久保 美代子
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      化学同人
    • ISBN
      4759820515
    • Related Report
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    • Author(s)
      上田 恵介, 田中啓太, 伊澤栄一, 森本元, 相馬雅代, 三上かつら, 関伸一, 齋藤武馬, 杉田典正, 泉洋江, 久井貴世, 江田真毅, 田中康平, 綿貫豊, 出口智広, 笠原里恵, 森さやか, 森口紗千子, 浅井芝樹, 佐藤雪太
    • Total Pages
      432
    • Publisher
      一色出版
    • ISBN
      4909383093
    • Related Report
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  • [Book] 小学館の図鑑NEO まどあけずかん きょうりゅう2019

    • Author(s)
      小林 快次, 田中 康平, オガワユミエ, 高橋 進
    • Total Pages
      32
    • Publisher
      小学館
    • ISBN
      4092174152
    • Related Report
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  • [Remarks] 筑波大学 研究者総覧

    • URL

      https://trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/researcher/0000004240

    • Related Report
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