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SYSTEMATICS AND TAXONOMY OF THE SPANISH ANCHITHERIINAE, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES: A COMMENT ON ERONEN ET AL.
Author(s) -
Salesa Manuel J.,
Sánchez Israel M.,
Azanza Beatriz,
DeMiguel Daniel,
Morales Jorge
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01219.x
Subject(s) - biology , systematics , taxonomy (biology) , arid , range (aeronautics) , ecology , evolutionary biology , cover (algebra) , diversity (politics) , economic geography , geography , anthropology , mechanical engineering , materials science , engineering , composite material , sociology
In a recent paper, Eronen et al. (2010; hereafter EEFJ) observe differences in occlusal morphology, tooth crown height, and mesowear pattern between populations of the Miocene tridactyl equid Anchitherium from Spain and Germany, proposing that Spanish Anchitherium underwent adaptive evolution to local or regional arid conditions. However, these authors do not take into account the actual diversity of Iberian representatives of Anchitherium , or the fact that the Spanish fossils cover a wider temporal and geographical range than those from Germany. For these reasons, we suggest that their subsequent statistical work should be reconsidered.