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      The evolutionary origins of impedance-matching hearing in Archosauria

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          Das impedanzwandelnde Hören ist eine wichtige Verfeinerung des Gehörsystems der Tetrapoden indem es einen Energieverlust während der Schallübertragung vermeidet. Anatomisch ist es durch eine Unterteilung des Foramen Metoticum in eine vordere Fenestra Pseudorotunda und ein hinteres Vagus Foramen charakterisiert. Dieses System trat mehrmals unabhängig in Amniota auf, und obwohl schon vorher vermutet wurde, dass es eine Homoplasie für Archosauria darstellt, wurde diese Hypothese bisher noch nicht geprüft. Demnach wurden 17 Hirnschädel Merkmale für 111 Taxa kodiert und auf einem informellen Supertrees optimiert. Die Analyse ergab, dass die Fenestra Pseudorotunda unbhängig acht Mal in Archosauria auftrat, mit fünf Umkehrungen. Während dieses Merkmal plastisch für Dinosauria ist, es trat nur einmal in Pseudosuchia auf. Eine Tree Shape-Analyse ergab, dass sechs Verschiebungen in den Diversifizierungsraten in Pseudosuchia und sieben in Dinosauria zu finden sind, von denen nur die der Ornithischia mit der Fenestra Pseudorotunda in Beziehung stehen. Viele Zustandsveränderungen erfolgen an der Basis der Dinosauria aber bei Pseudosuchia sind diese vor der Entstehung der Crocodyliformes und an der Basis der Notosuchia und Thalattosuchia konzentriert. Die Korrelationen zwischen Zustandsveränderungen und Verschiebungen sind höher in Dinosauria, während bei Pseudosuchia nur Mesoeucrocodylia eine ähnliche Anzahl aufweist. Daraus folgt, dass das impedanzwandelnde Hören nicht homolog in Archosauria ist, und dass es nicht als Schlüsselinnovation zur Erklärung der Vielfalt betrachtet werden kann, obwohl es eine Rolle in der Diversifizierung der Ornithischia spielte. Insgesamt ist die Anatomie des Hirnschädels der Dinosauria plastischer als die der Pseudosuchia. Die Positionierung des Pterygoid-Quadratum-Komplexes an die Seitenwand des Hirnschädels in Crocodyliformes stellt eine anatomische Beschränkung dar, welche nur von Notosuchia und Thalattosuchia durchbrochen wurde.

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          Impedance-matching hearing is considered an important refinement of the auditory system of tetrapods because it reduces energy loss during sound transmission. Anatomically, it is characterized by the sub-division of the metotic foramen into a posterior vagus foramen and an anterior fenestra pseudorotunda. Impedance-matching hearing has evolved independently in several tetrapod groups including archosaurs and although it has been suggested that it represents a homoplasy, this hypothesis has never been tested. Therefore, 17 braincase characters were coded for 111 taxa and mapped on an informal supertree. Optimization of the characters revealed that the fenestra pseudorotunda appeared eight times independently in Archosauria, with five reversals. While this character is plastic in dinosaurs, it appeared only once in pseudosuchians. A tree-shape analysis revealed that pseudosuchians had six shifts in diversification rates, while dinosaurs had seven. Of these, only ornithischian ones are correlated to the appearance of impedance-matching hearing. Many of the overall state changes occur at the origin of major dinosaurian clades, but for pseudosuchians they are concentrated prior to the origin of Crocodyliformes and at the origin of Notosuchia and Thalattosuchia. The overall number of correspondences between character state changes and shifts in diversification rates is higher for dinosaurs, whereas in Pseudosuchia only Mesoeucrocodylia has a similar amount. It is thus possible to conclude that impedance-matching hearing is not homologous for archosaurs, and that it cannot be considered a key innovation triggering diversification. However, it may have played some role in ornithischian diversification. In general, the braincase anatomy of dinosaurs is more plastic than that of pseudosuchians. The abutting of the pterygo-quadrate complex against the lateral braincase wall was a strong anatomical constraint for crocodyliforms broken only by notosuchians and thalatosuchians.

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                Lebenswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Humboldt-Universität
                25 November 2014
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                oai:HUBerlin.de:41059
                cbeaf215-a6f8-480a-bac4-23fb93927f70
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                Biologie,Paläontologie,Archosauria,Hirnschädel,Mittelohr,Impedanzwandelnde Hören,Verschiebungen in Diversifizierungsraten,Schlüsselinnovation,braincase,middle ear,impedance-matching hearing,diversification rates,key innovation,WW 1663

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