TY - JOUR
T1 - Reply to: Revisiting life history and morphological proxies for early mammaliaform metabolic rates
AU - Newham, Elis
AU - Gill, Pamela G.
AU - Benton, Michael J.
AU - Brewer, Philippa
AU - Gostling, Neil J.
AU - Haberthür, David
AU - Jernvall, Jukka
AU - Kankanpää, Tuomas
AU - Kallonen, Aki
AU - Navarro, Charles
AU - Pacureanu, Alexandra
AU - Richards, Kelly
AU - Robson Brown, Kate
AU - Schneider, Philipp
AU - Suhonen, Heikki
AU - Tafforeau, Paul
AU - Williams, Katherine A.
AU - Zeller-Plumhoff, Berit
AU - Corfe, Ian J.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In an article examining the physiology of Early Jurassic mammaliaform stem-mammals, we used proxies for basal and maximum metabolic rate, providing evidence that two key fossil mammaliaforms had metabolic rates closer to modern reptiles than modern mammals. Meiri and Levin questioned the use of our proxy for basal metabolic rate – terrestrial species maximum lifespan in the wild. Here, we explore the evidence behind these differences in viewpoint, and rebut specific points raised by these authors.
AB - In an article examining the physiology of Early Jurassic mammaliaform stem-mammals, we used proxies for basal and maximum metabolic rate, providing evidence that two key fossil mammaliaforms had metabolic rates closer to modern reptiles than modern mammals. Meiri and Levin questioned the use of our proxy for basal metabolic rate – terrestrial species maximum lifespan in the wild. Here, we explore the evidence behind these differences in viewpoint, and rebut specific points raised by these authors.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-022-32716-z
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-32716-z
M3 - Article
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 5564
ER -