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However, given the shift in phenotype, paleontologists would probably call the two populations separate species. the paleospecies concept works entirely on morphology.
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It may very well be that the fossil form was a distinct biological species even if the two are similar enough to call the same “paleospecies” or “chronospecies”.
Laonastes/ Diatomys/ kha-nyou/ rat-squirrel - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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