Certainly the gaps hinder research. But part of the issue is people picking positions from smaller matrices to justify a pre-existing favored ecomorph.

The montane fynbos ecomorph of the Southern Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion ventrale) at Groendal Nature Reserve.

The “typical” forest ecomorph of the Pondo Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion caffrum) at Port St. Johns.

Grassland ecomorph of the Pondo Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion caffer) at Mkambati Nature Reserve.

There is even an expected ratio of isotopes in tooth enamel showing a hippo-ecomorph value. Teleoceras did not show this but rather had values that might reflect grazing in wetlands. Fossil horses had values showing they grazed in uplands. My notes on the Ward et al. model

A new ecomorph of Nimravidae, and the early macrocarnivorous niche exploration in Carnivora royalsocietypublishing.org/r…

What does this mean? We argue that there is likely more than one ecomorph of Orestias in Chungará. This is of interest as until the late 20th C, lago Chungará only supported this one fish species (cf. Titicaca with > 10 Orestias species). Lots to do!

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Ecomorphの定義がよく分からない… 今のところは「同一種でありながら、生息環境に合わせて生態が変わり、それによって個体ごとの外観までもが変わること」という理解だけど、なんとなくこの説明だと違和感がある気がしてしまう…

I mean, I don't care if you want to use a grade informally, or (again) as an ecomorph. I refer to "prosauropods" or "basal ornithischians" in ecological discussions, I just don't try to argue that these are real biological groupings or treat them like formal names.

Plenty of time for an open grass ecomorph to evolve.

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New paper! You can ID Anolis ecomorphs from just an arm! We (@KevindeQueiroz1 et al) compared the arm morphology of a fossil anole in amber to those of extant Anolis species. We can pretty confidently say the fossil belongs to a Trunk ecomorph lineage. doi.org/10.1670/23-058

Very excited to have a new paper from myself, @fishyomics, @ProfColinBean, @C_Adams1758, @DrKathrynElmer published in Molecular Ecology (@molecology) investigating the genomic underpinnings of head and body shape across Arctic charr ecomorph pairs! (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…)

Gemmules from the low pH ecomorph of Duosclera mackayi. Singular gemmule and a well protected gemmule cluster. This ecomorph was originally described as Spongilla johanseni prior to being synonomized. #sponge #freshwatersponge #spongethursday @jeolusa @EcoInvasions

The largest cat sympatric to Titanis, Xenosmilus, is about the size of a large jaguar and is only marginally larger than Smilodon gracilis. The scaling in my skeletal above is based off of the largest ecomorph, which wasn’t sympatric (so it’s oversized here)

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And of course, there’s the fact that the smallest existing Titanis specimens are still around 2x the weight of an ostrich just due to being more heavily built, while the largest sympatric Machairodont ecomorph (Xenosmilus) is both likely solitary and smaller than an African lion