1. Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats
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Stephen Wroe, Laura A. B. Wilson, Robin M. D. Beck, Suzanne J. Hand, Camilo López-Aguirre, Karen H. Black, Kyle N. Armstrong, and Michael Archer
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0106 biological sciences ,0301 basic medicine ,Systematics ,Morphometrics ,Old World ,biology ,Phylogenetic tree ,Paleontology ,Zoology ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Hipposideridae ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,Extant taxon ,Key (lock) ,Clade ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Wilson, L.A.B., Hand, S.J., Lopez-Aguirre, C., Archer, M., Black, K.H., Beck, R.M.D., Armstrong, K.N. & Wroe, S., July 2016. Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats. Alcheringa 40, 509–524. ISSN 0311-5518The leaf-nosed bats in Hipposideridae and Rhinonycteridae currently have an Old World tropical to subtropical distribution, with a fossil record extending back to the middle Eocene of Europe. The Riversleigh World Heritage fossil site in northwestern Queensland constitutes a particularly rich archive of faunal diversity for Old World leaf-nosed bats, having yielded more than 20 species. We used 2D geometric morphometrics to quantify cranial shape in hipposiderids and rhinonycterids, with the aim of referring unallocated fossil species, particularly from Riversleigh, to each family within a phylogenetic framework, and using a quantitative approach to reconstruct cranial shape for key clades in these Old World radiations. Our sample comprised 21...
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- 2016
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