Meaning of paleosubspecies | Babel Free

Definitions

A paleospecies that is considered a subspecies of an existing species, usually considered the immediate ancestor of the existing species.

Examples

“The fact is that apart from hominids and the two genera discussed above , fossil histories of paleosubspecies are virtually un known [ Van Valen , 1966 ].”

“The paleosubspecies had larger dentition than that found in extant orangutans ( Hooijer 1948 ; Morbeck and Zihlman 1988; Smith and Pilbeam 1980) and are thought to have⟳ been somewhat larger in body size than either extant subspecies, or of similar body size but more megadont than either extant subspecies (Hooijer 1948; Smith and Pilbeam 1980; Tuttle 1975).”

“Thus, all fossil material is considered here to represent⟳ the living species M. chimachima, but may be recognizable as a large, temporal paleosubspecies, M. chimachima readei.”

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