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Title: Talpa fossilis or Talpa europaea? Using geometric morphometrics and allometric trajectories of humeral moles remains from Hungary to answer a taxonomic debate
Contributor(s): Sansalone, Gabriele  (author); Kotsakis, Tassos (author); Piras, Paolo (author)
Publication Date: 2015-08
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.26879/560Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26990
Abstract: The taxonomic validity of Talpa fossilis has been subject to a longstanding debate. Talpa fossilis has been considered as a chronospecies, stratigraphic species, and finally as junior synonym of Talpa europaea. In this study, the large humeral sample of T. fossilis and T. europaea from the Plio-Pleistocene of Hungary is re-investigated using a geometric morphometrics analysis. Furthermore, the differences in the static allometric slopes under the allometric constraint hypothesis were tested. The results indicate that T. fossilis and T. europaea have significant differences in both size and shape. The allometric slopes of T. fossilis and T. europaea were found to be different, revealing that the two taxa follow different patterns of shape modification according to size. In light of this evidence, T. fossilis and T. europaea are supported as two distinct species.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Palaeontologia Electronica, 18(2), p. 1-17
Publisher: Coquina Press
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1094-8074
1935-3952
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060809 Vertebrate Biology
060303 Biological Adaptation
040308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 310914 Vertebrate biology
310403 Biological adaptation
370506 Palaeontology (incl. palynology)
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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