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Biomechanics of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans
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Biomechanics of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans
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| dc.contributor.author | Ferrón, Humberto G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ballell, Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Botella Sevilla, Hector | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martínez Pérez, Carlos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-14T14:58:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-14T14:58:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Humberto G. Ferrón Antonio Ballell Héctor Botella Carlos Martínez-Pérez 2022 Biomechanics of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41 6 e2090260 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10550/84774 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Acanthodians are a major group of Paleaozoic jawed vertebrates that constitute a paraphyletic assemblage of stem-chondrichthyans (Brazeau and Friedman, 2015). Representatives of this group are characterized, among other traits, by the presence of bony spines in front of all paired and median fins except the caudal (Denison, 1979), which has given rise to their colloquial name of 'spiny sharks'. The occurrence of pectoral fin spines is recognized as a potential gnathostome synapomorphy (Miller et al., 2003) or symplesiomorphy (Coates, 2003), being also present in other major groups of Paleaozoic jawed vertebrates, including placoderms (Young, 2010), 'non-acanthodian' chondrichthyans (Miller et al., 2003), and osteichthyans (Zhu et al., 1999). However, this trait was independently lost in the later evolutionary history of these lineages and is absent in most living representatives (Coates, 2003; Miller et al., 2003), with the exception of catfishes (Siluriformes), that acquired pectoral fin spines as an evolutionary reversion (Price et al., 2015). As a consequence, the paucity of living analogsue precludes deriving functional interpretations of those structures and the role that they fulfilled in life remains unclear, despite this having the potential to enrich our understanding on the ecologies and lifestyles of groups of early jawed vertebrates. Machaeracanthus constitutes a genus of acanthodians that ranged from the Late Silurian to the Middle Devonian, which is known from fin spines, scales, and a few endoskeletal remains (Burrow et al., 2010; Botella et al., 2012). The spines of this genus differ from the fin spines of all other acanthodians and sharks in presenting a marked cross-sectional asymmetry and a totally enclosed central canal, which is usually open along the proximal end of the trailing edge in other taxa (Burrow et al., 2010). The description of wear patterns at the tips of pectoral fin spines of Machaeracanthus and their peculiar arrangement in pairs has led some authors to propose that these elements could have been used as 'snow-shoes' to lay on and prevent sinking into the substrate below or even to propel itself along the bottom (Südkamp and Burrow, 2007). Here, we test this hypothesis through beam theory analyses and provide evidence that the biomechanical properties of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines are compatible with this interpretation, thus shedding light on the diversity of the functions of these intriguing anatomical structures and the lifestyles of some of the earliest jawed vertebrates. | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2022, vol. 41, num. 6, p. e2090260 | |
| dc.subject | Paleontologia | |
| dc.title | Biomechanics of Machaeracanthus pectoral fin spines provide evidence for distinctive spine function and lifestyle among early chondrichthyans | |
| dc.type | journal article | es_ES |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-12-14T14:58:07Z | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/02724634.2021.2090260 | |
| dc.identifier.idgrec | 155919 | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | es_ES |
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