“…Despite these deficiencies, based on substantive advances in our understanding of the geographical distribution, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships, several authors have hypothesized the place and pattern of geographical diversification, as well as the time of origin and radiation patterns, of this group (Simpson, 1950(Simpson, , 1969Hershkovitz, 1966Hershkovitz, , 1972Patterson & Pascual, 1968Savage, 1974;Baskin, 1978Baskin, , 1986Marshall, 1979;Reig, 1980Reig, , 1984Reig, , 1986Jacobs & Lindsay, 1984;Slaughter & Ubelaker, 1984;Steppan, 1995;Engel et al, 1998;Smith & Patton, 1999;Pardiñas et al, 2002;Steppan et al, 2004;Barros et al, 2009;Valencia-Pacheco et al, 2011).…”