Ancient DNA Contradicts the Presence of Social Voles (Genus Microtus, Subgenus Sumeriomys) in the Late Pleistocene of Western Europe

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Nadachowski, Adam, Lemanik, Anna, Fontana, Laure, Popović, Danijela, Golubiński, Michał, Bujalska, Barbara, Baca, Mateusz
• Other Authors: Archéologies environnementales, Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Nadachowski; A. Lemanik; A. Fontana; L. Popović; D. Golubi ński; M. Bujalska; B. Baca; M arvicolines taxonomy and systematics dental morphology ancient DNA Cytb last glacial period; A; Lemanik; Fontana; L; Popović; D; Golubi ński; M; Bujalska; B; Baca; M arvicolines; taxonomy and systematics; dental morphology; ancient DNA; Cytb; last glacial period; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04245940; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04245940/document; https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04245940/file/Nadachowsky%20et%20al%202023.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040538

International audience Taxonomic decisions made by palaeontologists are often based on a few morphological features preserved in the fossil material. This practice may sometimes lead to the description of new species based on single specimens, which are, in fact, extreme or aberrant morphological va...