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  • July 20, 2026 (v1)
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    APPENDIX 2. — Raw data and result of the replicability study of the morphometric symphyseal protocol. SLDiff (Abs-Mean val)(Mean error-Mean)%STTDiff (Abs-Mean val)(Mean error-Mean)%ITTDiff (Abs– Mean val)(Mean error– Mean)%PLDiff (Abs– Mean val)(Mean error– Mean)%SADiff (Abs– Mean val)(Mean error– Mean)%Nasalis larvatus AMNH...

    Uploaded on July 20, 2026

    Published in Geodiversitas, 48(16), 357, 2026.

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  • July 20, 2026 (v1)
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    TABLE 10. — Summary table of the phenetic affinities of the considered Koobi Fora and Asbole colobines given each analysis. The rationale for assigning a specimen to a particular taxon is based on the absolute difference between the quantitative value of the specimen to the mean value of Colobus or Piliocolobus / Procolobus. Abbreviations: C,...

    Uploaded on July 20, 2026

    Published in Geodiversitas, 48(16), 348, 2026.

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How it works

Submit your research

  • Eligibility — Any research output (data, software, posters, presentation, deliverables, ...) containing biodiversity related content, e.g. taxonomy, ecology, genetics
  • Curation — Submissions are NOT curated. Submissions are NOT peer- reviewed.
  • Compliance — Biodiversity Literature Repository makes it easy to comply with the related FAIR data principles.
  • Zenodo — Biodiversity Literature Repository is a community inside Zenodo which is managed and hosted by CERN.

Get a BLR project community

  • Manage your project's research outputs — A BLR sub-community provides you with a common space to manage research outputs from your project and from all your partners.
  • Members — Allows you to manage members from across all the project's partners and determine who can submit, who can review and who can manage.

About

Plazi supports and promotes the development of persistent and openly accessible digital taxonomic literature. To this end Plazi:
  • Plazi & CERN — the Biodiversity Literature Repository Community is managed by Plazi in collaboration with CERN.
  • Funded by — the work is funded by the European Commission and the Arcadia Fund..