Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)

Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles; Hernández Fernández, Manuel; Gómez Cano, Ana R.; Kimura, Yuri; Blanco, Fernando; Menéndez González, Iris

Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)

Rodents are the most speciose group of mammals and display a great ecological diversity. Despite the greater amount of ecomorphological information compiled for extant rodent species, studies usually lack of morphological data on dentition, which has led to difficulty in directly utilizing existing...

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Autores:	Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles, Hernández Fernández, Manuel, Gómez Cano, Ana R., Kimura, Yuri, Blanco, Fernando, Menéndez González, Iris
Tipo de recurso:	artículo
Fecha de publicación:	2017
País:	España
Institución:	Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:	Docta Complutense
Idioma:	inglés
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Palabra clave:	55 56 574 Fourier analysis Dental morphology Ecological characterization Phenogram Geometric morphometrics Paleoecology Rodentia Mammalia Miocene Geología Paleontología Ecología (Biología) 2506 Geología 2416 Paleontología 2401.06 Ecología animal

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spelling	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)Álvarez Sierra, María De Los ÁngelesHernández Fernández, ManuelGómez Cano, Ana R.Kimura, YuriBlanco, FernandoMenéndez González, Iris5556574Fourier analysisDental morphologyEcological characterizationPhenogramGeometric morphometricsPaleoecologyRodentiaMammaliaMioceneGeologíaPaleontologíaEcología (Biología)2506 Geología2416 Paleontología2401.06 Ecología animalRodents are the most speciose group of mammals and display a great ecological diversity. Despite the greater amount of ecomorphological information compiled for extant rodent species, studies usually lack of morphological data on dentition, which has led to difficulty in directly utilizing existing ecomorphological data of extant rodents for paleoecological reconstruction because teeth are the most common or often the only micromammal fossils. Here, we infer the environmental ranges of extinct rodent genera by extracting habitat information from extant relatives and linking it to extinct taxa based on the phenogram of the cluster analysis, in which variables are derived from the principal component analysis on outline shape of the upper first molars. This phenotypic ``bracketing'' approach is particularly useful in the study of the fossil record of small mammals, which is mostly represented by isolated teeth. As a case study, we utilize extinct genera of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids, ranging from the Iberoccitanian latest middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary, and compare our results thoroughly with previous paleoecological reconstructions inferred by different methods. The resultant phenogram shows a predominance of ubiquitous genera among the Miocene taxa, and the presence of a few forest specialists in the two rodent groups (Murinae and Cricetidae), along with the absence of open environment specialists in either group of rodents. This appears to be related to the absence of enduring grassland biomes in the Iberian Peninsula during the late Miocene. High consistency between our result and previous studies suggests that this phenotypic ``bracketing'' approach is a very useful tool.PeerJUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20172017-09-2520172017-09-25journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/18539reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/185392026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
title	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
spellingShingle	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13) Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles 55 56 574 Fourier analysis Dental morphology Ecological characterization Phenogram Geometric morphometrics Paleoecology Rodentia Mammalia Miocene Geología Paleontología Ecología (Biología) 2506 Geología 2416 Paleontología 2401.06 Ecología animal
title_short	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
title_full	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
title_fullStr	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
title_full_unstemmed	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
title_sort	Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv	Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles Hernández Fernández, Manuel Gómez Cano, Ana R. Kimura, Yuri Blanco, Fernando Menéndez González, Iris
author	Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles
author_facet	Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles Hernández Fernández, Manuel Gómez Cano, Ana R. Kimura, Yuri Blanco, Fernando Menéndez González, Iris
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author2	Hernández Fernández, Manuel Gómez Cano, Ana R. Kimura, Yuri Blanco, Fernando Menéndez González, Iris
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv	55 56 574 Fourier analysis Dental morphology Ecological characterization Phenogram Geometric morphometrics Paleoecology Rodentia Mammalia Miocene Geología Paleontología Ecología (Biología) 2506 Geología 2416 Paleontología 2401.06 Ecología animal
topic	55 56 574 Fourier analysis Dental morphology Ecological characterization Phenogram Geometric morphometrics Paleoecology Rodentia Mammalia Miocene Geología Paleontología Ecología (Biología) 2506 Geología 2416 Paleontología 2401.06 Ecología animal
description	Rodents are the most speciose group of mammals and display a great ecological diversity. Despite the greater amount of ecomorphological information compiled for extant rodent species, studies usually lack of morphological data on dentition, which has led to difficulty in directly utilizing existing ecomorphological data of extant rodents for paleoecological reconstruction because teeth are the most common or often the only micromammal fossils. Here, we infer the environmental ranges of extinct rodent genera by extracting habitat information from extant relatives and linking it to extinct taxa based on the phenogram of the cluster analysis, in which variables are derived from the principal component analysis on outline shape of the upper first molars. This phenotypic ``bracketing'' approach is particularly useful in the study of the fossil record of small mammals, which is mostly represented by isolated teeth. As a case study, we utilize extinct genera of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids, ranging from the Iberoccitanian latest middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary, and compare our results thoroughly with previous paleoecological reconstructions inferred by different methods. The resultant phenogram shows a predominance of ubiquitous genera among the Miocene taxa, and the presence of a few forest specialists in the two rodent groups (Murinae and Cricetidae), along with the absence of open environment specialists in either group of rodents. This appears to be related to the absence of enduring grassland biomes in the Iberian Peninsula during the late Miocene. High consistency between our result and previous studies suggests that this phenotypic ``bracketing'' approach is a very useful tool.
publishDate	2017
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Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8-MN13)

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