Convergent Evolution on Earth by George R McGhee Jr.;

Author:George R McGhee Jr.; [Неизв.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: convergent evolution; marine life; extraterrestrial life; alien life; technological evolution; functional constraint; developmental constraint; limits in evolution; parallel evolution; theoretical morphology; Charles Darwin; fire; water worlds; oceanic worlds; Mars; photosynthetic animals; chemosynthetic animals; sessile animals; Europa; Enceladus; Titan; Goldilocks zone; colonial animals; filter-feeding animals; suction-feeding animals; multicellularity; immune systems; disparate species; convergance; body forms; bilateral; spinal column; morphology; optimized for environment; lifeforms; water-based
Publisher: MIT Press

Table 4.4

Convergence on the ecological niche of the pelagic nekton in marine animals

Convergent ecological role or niche: PELAGIC NEKTON (evolution of adaptations for swimming and living in the upper reaches of the water column, independent from the seafloor, to invade the pelagic ecological niche)

Convergent lineages:

1

Armored fishes (Bilateria: Deuterostomia: Chordata: Vertebrata: Gnathostomata: Placodermi: Arthrodira: Dunkleosteidae; Dunkleosteus terelli †Late Devonian)

2

Spine-finned fishes (Gnathostomata: Acanthodii: Climatiformes: Climatiidae; Climatius reticulatus †Devonian)

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