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doi:10.1093/molbev/msm017
Paleontological Evidence to Date the Tree of Life
Michael J. Benton and Philip C. J. Donoghue
Mol. Biol. Evol. 24: 26-53. 2007
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Table 1.
Constraints on calibration dates for branching points in the tree of life.
Minimumage constraint
Node
Human - chimp
Human - macaque
Mouse - rat
Rabbit-mouse
Human - mouse
Dog - cat
Dog - horse
Cow - sheep
Cow - pig
Cow - dog
Human - cow
Human - armadillo
Tenrec-elephant
Human - tenrec
Opossum- kangaroo
Human - opossum
Human - platypus
Chicken - zebrafinch
Emu - chicken
Bird-crocodile
Crocodile - lizard
Mammal - bird
Human - toad
Human - zebrafish
Pufferfish - zebrafish
Pufferfish - Fugu
Pufferfish - Medaka
Pufferfish - Stickleback
Fruit fly - Mosquito
Fruit fly - Bee
Human - Fruit fly
Equivalent to clade
Age-indicative Fossil
Youngest date (Ma)
Recommended
Date (Ma)
Homini - Pan
Hominoidea - Cercopithecoidea
Mus lineage - Rattus lineage
Glires
Archonta - Glires (Euarchontoglires)
Caniformia - Feliformia
Carnivora - Perissodactyla
Bovinae - Antilopinae
Ruminantia/ Tylopoda - Suiformes
Ferungulata
Euarchontoglires - Laurasiatheria
Boreoeutheria - Xenarthra
Afrosoricida/ Tubulidentata - Paenungulata
Boreoeutheria/Xenarthra - Afrotheria
Ameridelphia - Australidelphia
Eutheria - Metatheria
Theriimorpha - Australosphenida
Galloanserae - Neoaves (Neognathae)
Palaeognathae - Neognathae (Neornithes)
Avemetatarsalia/Ornithodira - Crurotarsi
Archosauromorpha - Lepidosauromorpha
Sauropsida - Synapsida (Amniota)
Reptiliomorpha - Batrachomorpha
Actinopterygii - Sarcopterygii
Ostariophysii - Euteleostei
Tetraodontidae
Atheriniomorpha - Percomorpha
Gasterosteiformes - Tetraodontiformes
Brachycera - Culicomorpha
Panorpoidea - Hymenoptera
Crown Bilateria
Sahelanthropus
Proconsul
Progonomys
Heomys
Heomys
Tapocyon
Tetraclaenodon
Eotragus
Mixtotherium
Zhelestidae
Zhelestidae
Zhelestidae
Phosphatherium
Zhelestidae
Pucadelphys
Eomaia
Phascolotherium
Vegavis
Vegavis
Vjushkovisaurus
Protorosaurus
Hylonomus
Lethiscus
Psarolepis
Leptolepides
Archaeotetraodon
Plectocretacicus
Plectocretacicus
Grauvogelia
Mazon Creek species
Latouchella
6.5
23.5 6 0.5
11.0
61.7 6 0.2
61.7 6 0.2
43 6 0.2
62.5 6 0.2
18.3
48.5 6 0.2
96.2 6 0.9
96.2 6 0.9
96.2 6 0.9
48.6 6 0.2
96.2 6 0.9
61.7 6 0.2
124.6 6 0.01
166.5 6 4.0
66
66
237 6 2.0
260.4 6 0.7
313.4 6 1.1
332.4 6 2.0
418.7 6 2.6
149.9 6 0.05
32.25
97.8 6 0.9
97.8 6 0.9
240.5 6 2.0
240.5 6 2.0
531.5
6.5
23.0
11.0
61.5
61.5
42.8
62.3
18.3
48.3
95.3
95.3
95.3
48.4
95.3
61.5
124.6
162.5
66
66
235
259.7
312.3
330.4
416.1
149.85
32.25
96.9 Ma
96.9 Ma
238.5
238.5
531.5
Maximum age constraint
Oldest date (Ma)
10
33.8 6
12.3
99.6 6
99.6 6
63.6 6
70.6 6
28.4 6
53.5
112 6
112 6
112 6
112 6
112 6
70.6 6
136.4 6
189.6 6
85.8 6
85.8 6
249.7 6
299 6
328.8 6
348 6
421.75
161.2 6
55.8 6
150.8 6
150.8 6
294.6 6
307.2
551.1 6
0.1
0.9
0.9
0.2
0.6
0.1
1
1
1
1
1
0.6
2.0
1.5
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.8
1.6
2.1
4.0
2.0
0.1
0.1
0.8
0.7
Recommended
Date (Ma)
Evidence
10
33.9
12.3
100.5
100.5
63.8
71.2
28.5
53.5
113
113
113
113
113
71.2
138.4
191.1
86.5
86.5
250.4
299.8
330.4
350.1
421.75
165.2
56.0
150.9
150.9
295.4
307.2
551.8
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Branching points are indicated for key species, and their larger clade equivalences. The oldest and youngest dates are given, based on the literature, and on the Cambridge 2004 time scale (Gradstein et al. 2004). The youngest date is given
for the minimum age constraint, and the oldest for the maximum age constraint, based on the date of the geological formaqtion containing the age indicative fossil. The recommended dates are the youngest possible (i.e., minimum) date for the
minimum constraint, and the oldest possible (i.e., maximum) for the maximum constraint.
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