Paper| Year: | 2013 |
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| Author(s): | J. Rofes, P. Bover, G. Cuenca-Bescós, J.A. Alcover,
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| Title: | Proportions, characters and chronologies: their contribution to systematic paleontology. A rebuttal to Furió and Pons-Monjo |
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| Journal: | PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA |
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| ISSN: | 1935-3952 |
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| JCR Impact Factor: | 1.365 |
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| Pages: | 1-5 |
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| D.O.I.: | XXX |
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| Web: | http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/507-rebuttal-to-furio-and-pons-monjo |
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| Abstract: | The comment by Furió and Pons-Monjo is an attempt to invalidate the new species
Nesiotites rafelinensis recently described by Rofes et al. and to place it in synonymy
with N. ponsi or a closely related form (N. aff. ponsi and/or N. cf. ponsi). Through
detailed argumentation, the Caló den Rafelino use of proportions instead of lengths,
the re-analysis of the characters questioned by Furió and Pons-Monjo, and the consideration
of the chronology and the evolution of ecological communities, we rebut Furió
and Pons Monjo’s conclusions and confirm the status of N. rafelinensis as a valid and
distinct species represented by the specimen of Caló den Rafelino (Mallorca, Spain). |
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