Ecomorphological diversification among South American spiny rats (Rodentia; Echimyidae): a phylogenetic and chronological approach

Galewski, Thomas; Mauffrey, Jean-François; Leite, Yuri Luiz Reis; Patton, James L.; Douzery, Emmanuel J. P.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.015

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“…Similar patterns of temporal divergence have been independently suggested from molecular data for a growing number of congeneric species, including curassows and piping-guans (Grau et al, 2005;Pereira and Baker, 2004), parrots (Ribas et al, 2007), trogons (Moyle, 2005), monkeys (Collins and Dubach, 2001;Cortes-Ortiz et al, 2003), vesper mice and spiny rats (Galewski et al, 2005;Salazar-Bravo et al, 2001), bats (Lim, 2007;Stadelmann et al, 2007), catfishes (MontoyaBurgos, 2003), and geckos (Gamble et al, 2008). Instead of applying the "standard" molecular clock, the present study and those cited above independently relied on fossil, geological or a reasonable molecular time constraints to estimate the age of diversification within those groups of vertebrates.…”

Section: A Biogeographic Hypothesis For the Evolution Of Pteroglossussupporting

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The historical biogeography of Pteroglossus aracaris (Aves, Piciformes, Ramphastidae) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences

Pereira

Wajntal

2008

Genet. Mol. Biol.

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Most Neotropical birds, including Pteroglossus aracaris, do not have an adequate fossil record to be used as time constraints in molecular dating. Hence, the evolutionary timeframe of the avian biota can only be inferred using alternative time constraints. We applied a Bayesian relaxed clock approach to propose an alternative interpretation for the historical biogeography of Pteroglossus based on mitochondrial DNA sequences, using different combinations of outgroups and time constraints obtained from outgroup fossils, vicariant barriers and molecular time estimates. The results indicated that outgroup choice has little effect on the Bayesian posterior distribution of divergence times within Pteroglossus, that geological and molecular time constraints seem equally suitable to estimate the Bayesian posterior distribution of divergence times for Pteroglossus, and that the fossil record alone overestimates divergence times within the fossil-lacking ingroup. The Bayesian estimates of divergence times suggest that the radiation of Pteroglossus occurred from the Late Miocene to the Pliocene (three times older than estimated by the "standard" mitochondrial rate of 2% sequence divergence per million years), likely triggered by Andean uplift, multiple episodes of marine transgressions in South America, and formation of present-day river basins. The time estimates are in agreement with other Neotropical taxa with similar geographic distributions.

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Section: A Biogeographic Hypothesis For the Evolution Of Pteroglossussupporting

confidence: 72%

The historical biogeography of Pteroglossus aracaris (Aves, Piciformes, Ramphastidae) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences

Pereira

Wajntal

2008

Genet. Mol. Biol.

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“…This association recalls Kraglievich's (1926Kraglievich's ( , 1932 scheme in part, but seems otherwise to be their own. The inclusion of heptaxodontids within Octodontoidea echoes Landry's (1957) conclusion, later reinforced 2 The family name Capromyidae is retained for the purposes of this paper, but available molecular evidence suggests that its probable fate is to be absorbed into a much-expanded Echimyidae (Woods et al, 2001;Leite and Patton, 2002;Galewski et al 2005). The exact position of Myocastor within Octodontoidea is currently unclear, although on the basis of both morphological and molecular evidence it appears to be closely related to the Capromyidae/Echimyidae clade as well.…”

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Basicranial Morphology and Relationships of Antillean Heptaxodontidae (Rodentia, Ctenohystrica, Caviomorpha)

MacPhee¹

2011

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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“…Verzi et al (1995) considered Eumysopinae as a natural group. However, in morphological and molecular cladistic analyses, this subfamily does not form a monophyletic group (e.g., Lara et al, 1996;Carvalho and Salles, 2004;Emmons, 2005;Galewski et al, 2005).…”

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Late Quaternary Caviomorph Rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from Ceará State, Northern Brazil

Oliviera¹,

Ribeiro²,

Kerber³

et al. 2013

JCKS

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In this paper we report the first remains of caviomorph rodents from the karst of the Parque Nacional de Ubajara, Ceará State, northeastern Brazil, collected with precise stratigraphic and radiometric control. The material is derived from levels with thermoluminescence dating of about 8,000 years BP, corresponding to the early Holocene. In these levels, we found remains of Kerodon rupestris Wied, 1820, cf. Dasyprocta Illiger, 1811 and Thrichomys Trouessart, 1880. The data here reported contribute to the knowledge of Brazilian Quaternary rodents and show the potential of the studied area for fossils.

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Ecomorphological diversification among South American spiny rats (Rodentia; Echimyidae): a phylogenetic and chronological approach

Cited by 148 publications

References 54 publications

The historical biogeography of Pteroglossus aracaris (Aves, Piciformes, Ramphastidae) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences

The historical biogeography of Pteroglossus aracaris (Aves, Piciformes, Ramphastidae) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences

Basicranial Morphology and Relationships of Antillean Heptaxodontidae (Rodentia, Ctenohystrica, Caviomorpha)

Late Quaternary Caviomorph Rodents (Rodentia: Hystricognathi) from Ceará State, Northern Brazil

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