New systematic insights about Plio-Pleistocene moles from Poland

• Autorzy: Sansalone G. , Kotsakis T. , Piras P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The generic attribution of the Plio-Pleistocene Polish moles ?Neurotrichus polonicus and ?Neurotrichus skoczeni has been questioned several times in the past. The fossil material belonging to ?Neurotrichus polonicus and ?Neurotrichus skoczeni is re-evaluated here and a new diagnosis is provided on the basis of qualitative considerations. In addition, a Geometric Morphometric analysis of the humerus has been performed including both extant and extinct Neurotrichini and Urotrichini taxa for comparison. Our results proved the unique morphology of the Polish material suggesting a distinct taxonomic state. The morphological variations evidenced by the humeral shape analysis agree with the observed qualitative differences and support a new generic allocation. The new genus Rzebikia gen. nov. is proposed for all the material previoulsly ascribed to ?Neurotrichus polonicus and ?Neurotrichus skoczeni.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Mammalia; Talpidae; Neurotrichus; systematics; taxonomy; Pliocene; Pleistocene; mole; Poland

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: 61
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.221-229,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Sansalone G.

• Dipartimento di Scienze, Universita di Roma Tre, L.S. Murialdo, 1-00146 Roma, Italy
• Center of Evolutionary Ecology, C. da Fonte Lappone, Pesche, Italy

autor

Kotsakis T.

• Dipartimento di Scienze, Universita di Roma Tre, L.S. Murialdo, 1-00146 Roma, Italy
• Center of Evolutionary Ecology, C. da Fonte Lappone, Pesche, Italy

autor

Piras P.

• Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari, Respiratorie, Nefrologiche, Anestesiologiche e Geriatriche and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Strutturale e Geotecnica Sapienza, Sapienza-Universita di Roma, Via del Policlinico 155, 00186, Rome, Italy
• Center of Evolutionary Ecology, C. da Fonte Lappone, Pesche, Italy
• Dipartimento di Scienze, Universita di Roma Tre, L.S. Murialdo, 1-00146 Roma, Italy

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DOI

10.4202/app.00116.2014