TABLE 1. Measurements of the mandible and lower teeth of the Nesiotites and Asoriculus specimens used in the morphometric analysis. Lm1, length of m1; TAWm1, talonid width of m1; Hm2, height below m2; Lm1-m3, length of m1 to m3.
Species |
Site |
Age |
Lm1 |
TAWm1 |
Hm2 |
Lm1-m3 |
Nesiotites rafelinensis sp. nov. |
Caló den Rafelino |
Early Pliocene |
1.93 |
1.22 |
1.79 |
4.68 |
Nesiotites ponsi |
Cruis de Cap Farrutx |
Late Pliocene |
1.88 |
1.22 |
1.69 |
4.63 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
1.19 |
1.61 |
4.3 |
|
|
|
1.95 |
1.24 |
1.65 |
4.47 |
|
|
|
1.88 |
1.22 |
1.65 |
4.47 |
Nesiotites aff. ponsi |
Pedrera de s'Onix |
Early Pleistocene |
2.1 |
1.32 |
2.02 |
4.93 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
1.3 |
1.79 |
4.76 |
|
|
|
2.1 |
1.34 |
1.9 |
5.05 |
|
|
|
2.14 |
1.28 |
2.03 |
5 |
|
|
|
2.11 |
1.33 |
1.93 |
4.95 |
|
|
|
2.14 |
1.26 |
2.02 |
5.12 |
Nesiotites meloussae |
Barranc de Binigaus |
Early Pleistocene |
2.11 |
1.54 |
1.99 |
5.31 |
Nesiotites hidalgo |
Cova de Llenaire |
Late Pleistocene |
2.27 |
1.39 |
2.07 |
5.43 |
|
|
|
2.14 |
1.36 |
1.93 |
5.2 |
|
|
|
2.4 |
1.4 |
1.92 |
5.47 |
|
Cova Estreta |
Late Pleis/Holocene |
2.37 |
1.51 |
1.96 |
5.63 |
|
|
|
2.39 |
1.5 |
2.17 |
5.58 |
|
|
|
2.37 |
1.43 |
1.94 |
5.56 |
|
Cova de Canet |
Late Pleis/Holocene |
2.23 |
1.48 |
1.94 |
5.47 |
|
|
|
2.32 |
1.47 |
2.02 |
5.5 |
|
|
|
2.35 |
1.44 |
2.16 |
5.63 |
Asoriculus similis |
Sardinia |
Late Pleistocene |
2.23 |
1.23 |
1.67 |
5.11 |
|
|
|
2.32 |
1.32 |
1.66 |
5.29 |
|
|
|
2.31 |
1.33 |
1.76 |
5.34 |
Asoriculus gibberodon |
Vceláre 3 |
Late Pliocene |
1.42 |
0.9 |
1.35 |
3.7 |
|
Monte La Mesa |
Early Pleistocene |
1.58 |
1.02 |
1.54 |
3.64 |
|
Sima del Elefante |
Early Pleistocene |
1.6 |
0.97 |
1.41 |
3.92 |
Asoriculus thenii |
Podumci 1 |
Early Pleistocene |
1.71 |
1.08 |
1.87 |
4.19 |
|
Tatinja Draga |
Early Pleistocene |
1.86 |
1.12 |
1.99 |
4.46 |
TABLE 2.Results of the PCA performed with the measurements of the mandible and the lower dentition. Jolliffe cut-off: 0.7.
|
PC1 |
PC2 |
PC3 |
PC4 |
Eigenvalue |
3.535 |
0.339 |
0.109 |
0.017 |
% variance |
88.376 |
8.487 |
2.717 |
0.420 |
Loadings |
|
|
|
|
L m1 |
0.510 |
-0.364 |
0.527 |
0.574 |
TAW m1 |
0.510 |
-0.154 |
-0.822 |
0.204 |
H m2 |
0.456 |
0.88 |
0.127 |
0.037 |
L m1-m3 |
0.522 |
-0.263 |
0.176 |
-0.792 |