Lokomosi arboreal
Daya gerak arboreal adalah sebuah daya gerak hewan di pohon.
Tetrapoda yang dikenal terawal dengan pengkhususan diri beradaptasi dengan memanjat pohon, adalah Suminia, seekor sinapsida dari akhir Permian, sekitar 260 juta tahun yang lalu.[1]
Referensi
- ^ Jörg Fröbisch and Robert R. Reisz (2009). "The Late Permian herbivore Suminia and the early evolution of arboreality in terrestrial vertebrate ecosystems." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Online First DOI:10.1098/rspb.2009.0911
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