Instiuto de Biología

Epistemologically, species are scientific hypotheses about the structure of biodiversity (Pante et al. 2015), with which we seek to explain the larger data set regarding how individuals are grouped (Fitzhugh 2005). Due to the multidimensional nature of species, and its continuous evolutionary process, the analysis of different sources of evidence within a formal conceptual and methodological framework, known as Integrative Taxonomy (Dyrat 2005, Padial et al.

Assignation of old type specimens is important for nomenclatural stability, but when it comes to ancient specimens, the use of certain techniques is sometimes not appropriate, due to the condition or age of the specimen.