Post by sebastian on Aug 31, 2006 13:21:23 GMT
ABSTRACT
We describe Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi, a new fossil furnariid from the upper Pleistocene of Uruguay, and investigate its phylogenetic relationships. Results of a cladistic analysis using 52 osteological characters from 29 taxa, including the extinct Pseudoseisuropsis nehuen, were consistent with placing the new species in the genus Pseudoseisuropsis. We conclude that the skull of Pseudoseisuropsis was prokinetic, although the shape of the nostrils was like a typical schizorhinal and rhynchokinetic furnariid. This observation reveals the inadequacy of the traditional categories of nasal types in characterizing the diversity of morphologies found in skulls of the Furnariidae. Finally, the analysis did not support a close relationship between Pseudoseisuropsis and Pseudoseisura, as previously thought, but suggests that Pseudoseisuropsis either belongs to the Dendrocolaptinae, or represents a more basal lineage within the Furnariidae.
Keywords: fossil, Furnariidae, phylogeny, Pleistocene, Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi, skull morphology, Uruguay.
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We describe Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi, a new fossil furnariid from the upper Pleistocene of Uruguay, and investigate its phylogenetic relationships. Results of a cladistic analysis using 52 osteological characters from 29 taxa, including the extinct Pseudoseisuropsis nehuen, were consistent with placing the new species in the genus Pseudoseisuropsis. We conclude that the skull of Pseudoseisuropsis was prokinetic, although the shape of the nostrils was like a typical schizorhinal and rhynchokinetic furnariid. This observation reveals the inadequacy of the traditional categories of nasal types in characterizing the diversity of morphologies found in skulls of the Furnariidae. Finally, the analysis did not support a close relationship between Pseudoseisuropsis and Pseudoseisura, as previously thought, but suggests that Pseudoseisuropsis either belongs to the Dendrocolaptinae, or represents a more basal lineage within the Furnariidae.
Keywords: fossil, Furnariidae, phylogeny, Pleistocene, Pseudoseisuropsis cuelloi, skull morphology, Uruguay.
apt.allenpress.com/aptonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0010-5422&volume=107&issue=01&page=0114
