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RRphylo (version 2.8.0)

DataFelids: Example dataset

Description

Geometric morphometrics shape data regarding felids' mandible and phylogentic tree (Piras et al., 2018).

Usage

data(DataFelids)

Arguments

Format

A list containing:

$PCscoresfel

A data frame containing 83 shape variables for felids' mandible

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$treefel

Phylogenetic tree of felids

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Author

Pasquale Raia, Silvia Castiglione, Carmela Serio, Alessandro Mondanaro, Marina Melchionna, Mirko Di Febbraro, Antonio Profico, Francesco Carotenuto

References

Piras, P., Silvestro, D., Carotenuto, F., Castiglione, S., Kotsakis, A., Maiorino, L., Melchionna, M.,Mondanaro, A., Sansalone, G., Serio, C., Vero, V. A., & Raia, P. (2018). Evolution of the sabertooth mandible: A deadly ecomorphological specialization. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 496, 166-174.