阿斯忒里亞鳥屬

阿斯忒里亞鳥; 化石時期：晚馬斯垂克期; 66.8–66.7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ▼
	頭骨側視圖
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	鳥綱 Aves
演化支：	今顎類 Neognathae
演化支：	泛雞雁類 Pangalloanserae
屬：	†阿斯忒里亞鳥屬 Asteriornis; Field et al. 2020
模式種
	†馬斯特里赫特阿斯忒里亞鳥; Asteriornis maastrichtensis; Field et al. 2020

阿斯忒里亞鳥（學名：Asteriornis，意為阿斯忒里亞的鳥^[1]）又譯奇蹟雞（源自英文暱稱Wonderchicken）、星辰鳥，是一種發現於比利時的晚白堊紀鳥類。阿斯忒里亞鳥屬下有且僅有一個物種，即馬斯特里赫特阿斯忒里亞鳥（學名：Asteriornis maastrichtensis）。這一物種與現存的雞雁小綱鳥類有着較近的親緣關係。阿斯忒里亞鳥是一種體型小巧，後肢較長的鳥類，體重約為394克，^[2]^[3]與諸如魚鳥之類更「原始」的鳥類共存與海岸線附近。阿斯忒里亞鳥是目前已知最早的，確切屬於新鳥亞綱這一包含所有現代鳥類的類群的鳥類。這一物種同時有着雞形目和雁形目鳥類的特徵，說明這種鳥類可能會是兩者的最後共同祖先。^[2]^[4]

阿斯忒里亞鳥的存在或許說明了為何新鳥亞綱是唯一在白堊紀﹣古近紀滅絕事件中倖存的恐龍類群。這一物種與魚鳥等傳統中生代鳥類的共存說明了競爭並不是非新鳥類恐龍滅絕的主要原因，非新鳥類鳥類在大多數方面與現代鳥類相似，但最終還是與其他非鳥恐龍一同滅絕了。較小的體型，^[5]地棲的生活^[6]和廣泛的食譜^[7]都是早期新鳥擁有的品質，這可能就是新鳥亞綱在大滅絕中倖存並在新生代迅速復興的原因。^[4]^[8]阿斯忒里亞鳥的存在反駁了現存鳥類起源於南半球的假說，其存在說明在中生代，現代鳥類可能已經廣泛的分佈在了北半球的陸塊上。^[2]

參考文獻[編輯]

^ PaleoOrnithology • 2020] Asteriornis maastrichtensis • Late Cretaceous Neornithine from Europe illuminates the Origins of Crown Birds. 2020-03-19 [2020-03-19]. （原始內容存檔於2020-03-19）.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Field, Daniel J.; Benito, Juan; Chen, Albert; Jagt, John W. M.; Ksepka, Daniel T. Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds. Nature. 18 March 2020, 579 (7799): 397–401 [2023-01-27]. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 32188952. S2CID 212937591. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2096-0. （原始內容存檔於2021-07-09）（英語）.
^ Field, Daniel J.; Lynner, Colton; Brown, Christian; Darroch, Simon A. F. Skeletal Correlates for Body Mass Estimation in Modern and Fossil Flying Birds. PLOS One. 2013-11-29, 8 (11): e82000. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...882000F. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3843728 . PMID 24312392. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082000 .
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 Padian, Kevin. Poultry through time. Nature. 18 March 2020, 579 (7799): 351–352. PMID 32188944. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00766-2  （英語）.
^ Berv, Jacob S.; Field, Daniel J. Genomic Signature of an Avian Lilliput Effect across the K-Pg Extinction. Systematic Biology. 2018-01-01, 67 (1): 1–13. ISSN 1063-5157. PMC 5837713 . PMID 28973546. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx064 （英語）.
^ Field, Daniel J.; Bercovici, Antoine; Berv, Jacob S.; Dunn, Regan; Fastovsky, David E.; Lyson, Tyler R.; Vajda, Vivi; Gauthier, Jacques A. Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction. Current Biology. 2018-06-04, 28 (11): 1825–1831.e2. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 29804807. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.062  （英語）.
^ Larson, Derek W.; Brown, Caleb M.; Evans, David C. Dental Disparity and Ecological Stability in Bird-like Dinosaurs prior to the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction. Current Biology. 2016-05-23, 26 (10): 1325–1333. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 27112293. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.039  （英語）.
^ Ksepka, Daniel T.; Stidham, Thomas A.; Williamson, Thomas E. Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017-07-10, 114 (30): 8047–8052. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.8047K. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5544281 . PMID 28696285. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700188114  （英語）.

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[1] PaleoOrnithology • 2020] Asteriornis maastrichtensis • Late Cretaceous Neornithine from Europe illuminates the Origins of Crown Birds. 2020-03-19 [2020-03-19]. （原始內容存檔於2020-03-19）.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Field, Daniel J.; Benito, Juan; Chen, Albert; Jagt, John W. M.; Ksepka, Daniel T. Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds. Nature. 18 March 2020, 579 (7799): 397–401 [2023-01-27]. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 32188952. S2CID 212937591. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2096-0. （原始內容存檔於2021-07-09）（英語）.

[3] Field, Daniel J.; Lynner, Colton; Brown, Christian; Darroch, Simon A. F. Skeletal Correlates for Body Mass Estimation in Modern and Fossil Flying Birds. PLOS One. 2013-11-29, 8 (11): e82000. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...882000F. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3843728 . PMID 24312392. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082000 .

[:1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Padian, Kevin. Poultry through time. Nature. 18 March 2020, 579 (7799): 351–352. PMID 32188944. doi:10.1038/d41586-020-00766-2  （英語）.

[5] Berv, Jacob S.; Field, Daniel J. Genomic Signature of an Avian Lilliput Effect across the K-Pg Extinction. Systematic Biology. 2018-01-01, 67 (1): 1–13. ISSN 1063-5157. PMC 5837713 . PMID 28973546. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx064 （英語）.

[6] Field, Daniel J.; Bercovici, Antoine; Berv, Jacob S.; Dunn, Regan; Fastovsky, David E.; Lyson, Tyler R.; Vajda, Vivi; Gauthier, Jacques A. Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction. Current Biology. 2018-06-04, 28 (11): 1825–1831.e2. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 29804807. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.062  （英語）.

[7] Larson, Derek W.; Brown, Caleb M.; Evans, David C. Dental Disparity and Ecological Stability in Bird-like Dinosaurs prior to the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction. Current Biology. 2016-05-23, 26 (10): 1325–1333. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 27112293. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.039  （英語）.

[8] Ksepka, Daniel T.; Stidham, Thomas A.; Williamson, Thomas E. Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017-07-10, 114 (30): 8047–8052. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.8047K. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5544281 . PMID 28696285. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700188114  （英語）.

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