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Abstract
In 2023, we described a new taxon Europotamogale melkartiCrespo, Cruzado-Caballero, and Castillo, 2023, based on a single dental remain (Crespo et al., 2023). Furió et al. (2024) subsequently invalidated this taxon in their response, which contained numerous errors and misinterpretations of the fossil record, the literature, and our original article. Here, we systematically address the principal errors made by Furió et al. in their response.
在2023年,我们描述了一个新的分类单元Europotamogale melkarti Crespo, Cruzado-Caballero, and Castillo, 2023,基于单一牙齿遗骸(Crespo et al, 2023)。Furió等人(2024)随后在他们的回复中否定了这个分类群,其中包含了对化石记录、文献和我们的原始文章的许多错误和误解。在这里,我们系统地解决了Furió等人在他们的回答中所犯的主要错误。
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Palaeoworld is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal dedicated to the study of past life and its environment. We encourage submission of original manuscripts on all aspects of palaeontology and stratigraphy, comparisons of regional and global data in time and space, and results generated by interdisciplinary investigations in related fields. Some issues will be devoted entirely to a special theme whereas others will be composed of contributed articles. Palaeoworld is dedicated to serving a broad spectrum of geoscientists and palaeobiologists as well as serving as a resource for students in fields as diverse as palaeobiology, evolutionary biology, taxonomy and phylogeny, geobiology, historical geology, and palaeoenvironment.
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•Biological events in Earth history (e.g., extinctions, radiations)
•Ecosystem evolution
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•Palaeontological and stratigraphic methods
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