First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician
The Olenidae stands out for its abundance and biostratigraphical importance, especially in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of northwestern Argentina. Their phylogenetic relationships have been traditionally determined stratigraphically and by direct morphological comparison. This study reports the first...
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todo:paper_00241164_v_n_p_Monti2023-10-03T14:34:31Z First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician Monti, D.S. Confalonieri, V.A. continuous characters Furongian Olenidae Ordovician phylogeny Trilobita The Olenidae stands out for its abundance and biostratigraphical importance, especially in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of northwestern Argentina. Their phylogenetic relationships have been traditionally determined stratigraphically and by direct morphological comparison. This study reports the first formal phylogenetic analysis of olenids. Eighty-six characters (24 quantitative and 62 qualitative) were coded for 65 taxa (58 olenids). Quantitative characters were treated both as discrete and as continuous variables. To explore the best way of character coding for this group, continuous characters were coded as: median, log-median, normalized and rescaled. Maximum parsimony and implied weighting were used as optimality criteria. A phylogenetic hypothesis more consistent with traditional taxonomy was reconstructed with both quantitative and qualitative partitions. All the trees obtained with quantitative characters coded as continuous and rescaled are better resolved, and those topologies were more similar among them. This treatment also reflects more effectively the behaviour of the original variables. Olenidae is not a monophyletic clade: Andrarina costata and Aphelaspis australis are included within the ingroup, as sister clade of Olenus gibbosus. Also, the results suggest that members of the Hypermecaspidinae constitute a new family within the Order Olenida. The traditional taxonomic scheme at subfamily level is partially supported. Triarthrinae and ‘pelturinds’ are recovered as monophyletic clades, but Oleninae is polyphyletic. This study proves, through a formal cladistic analysis, that characters disregarded by traditional taxonomy can be uncovered. Finally, this is the first step towards achieving a classification of the Olenidae taking into account the evolutionary process involved in its diversification history. © 2018 Lethaia Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd INPR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00241164_v_n_p_Monti |
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The Olenidae stands out for its abundance and biostratigraphical importance, especially in the Lower Palaeozoic rocks of northwestern Argentina. Their phylogenetic relationships have been traditionally determined stratigraphically and by direct morphological comparison. This study reports the first formal phylogenetic analysis of olenids. Eighty-six characters (24 quantitative and 62 qualitative) were coded for 65 taxa (58 olenids). Quantitative characters were treated both as discrete and as continuous variables. To explore the best way of character coding for this group, continuous characters were coded as: median, log-median, normalized and rescaled. Maximum parsimony and implied weighting were used as optimality criteria. A phylogenetic hypothesis more consistent with traditional taxonomy was reconstructed with both quantitative and qualitative partitions. All the trees obtained with quantitative characters coded as continuous and rescaled are better resolved, and those topologies were more similar among them. This treatment also reflects more effectively the behaviour of the original variables. Olenidae is not a monophyletic clade: Andrarina costata and Aphelaspis australis are included within the ingroup, as sister clade of Olenus gibbosus. Also, the results suggest that members of the Hypermecaspidinae constitute a new family within the Order Olenida. The traditional taxonomic scheme at subfamily level is partially supported. Triarthrinae and ‘pelturinds’ are recovered as monophyletic clades, but Oleninae is polyphyletic. This study proves, through a formal cladistic analysis, that characters disregarded by traditional taxonomy can be uncovered. Finally, this is the first step towards achieving a classification of the Olenidae taking into account the evolutionary process involved in its diversification history. © 2018 Lethaia Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
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Monti, D.S. Confalonieri, V.A. |
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First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician |
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First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician |
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First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician |
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First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician |
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First cladistic analysis of the trilobite family Olenidae from the Furongian and Ordovician |
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first cladistic analysis of the trilobite family olenidae from the furongian and ordovician |
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