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1 August 2009 Testing evolutionary dynamics on first lower molars of Pliocene Ogmodontomys (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) from the Meade Basin of southwestern Kansas (USA): A landmark-based approach
Federica Marcolini, Paolo Piras, Robert A. Martin
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Abstract

Landmark- and semilandmark-based geometric morphometrics were used to explore morphological variation in the occlusal surface and linea sinuosa (enamel-dentine junction) of first lower molars (m1s) of Ogmodontomys sawrockensis and O. poaphagus from the Meade Basin in southwestern Kansas. Morphological differences between the two species were determined in an effort to explore interspecific variation and to test the power of landmark geometry of dental variation for species discrimination. Significant differences were found between O. sawrockensis and O. poaphagus in both occlusal surface and the linea sinuosa patterns. Multivariate tests demonstrate that the most significant morphological changes occurred at the presumed O. sawrockensis-O. poaphagus speciation event. An intraspecific multivariate analysis of O. poaphagus m1s, however, also identified directional evolutionary tendencies in shape of both the occlusal surface and linea sinuosa.

Federica Marcolini, Paolo Piras, and Robert A. Martin "Testing evolutionary dynamics on first lower molars of Pliocene Ogmodontomys (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) from the Meade Basin of southwestern Kansas (USA): A landmark-based approach," PALAIOS 24(8), 535-543, (1 August 2009). https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2008.p08-114r
Accepted: 1 April 2009; Published: 1 August 2009
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