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Παλαιός / Palæos - The Story of Life·/u/Tropical-Lizards-Fan·4 days ago
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Introduction & Methodology Since Barbatteius vremiri is known exclusively from a single holotype specimen, establishing the upper size limits of the species requires statistical modeling. To counter the "holotype bias" (the uncertainty of whether our single fossil represents a juvenile, an average adult, or a genetic outlier), we can use the extant and subfossil record of island-dwelling teiids. This model utilizes data from Bochaton et al. (2017) regarding Pholidoscelis remains from Basse-Terre Of snout-vent length, that does not count with the tail.…

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