EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS AND STASIS IN MOLAR MORPHOLOGY OF <em>RHAGAPODEMUS</em>-<em>RHAGAMYS</em> LINEAGE IN THE PLEISTOCENE OF SARDINIA

Stasis, random walk and directional evolutionary patterns have been tested on the lower and upper first molars of the Rhagapodemus-Rhagamys lineage (Rodentia, Muridae) from Middle and Late Pleistocene fissure fillings of Monte Tuttavista, Orosei, Sardinia, Italy. We recorded the maximum length/maxim...

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Published in:	Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Main Authors:	PAOLO PIRAS, GABRIELE SANSALONE, FEDERICA MARCOLINI, CATERINELLA TUVERI, MARISA ARCA, TASSOS KOTSAKIS
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Milano University Press 2012-11-01
Subjects:	murid molars Sardinia Pleistocene morphometrics modes of evolution stasis random walk
Online Access:	https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6018