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A TIME-CALIBRATED SPECIES TREE OF CROCODYLIA REVEALS A RECENT RADIATION OF THE TRUE CROCODILES: RECENT RADIATION OF CROCODILES
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True crocodiles (Crocodylus) are the most broadly distributed, ecologically diverse, and species-rich crocodylian genus, comprising about half of extant crocodylian diversity and exhibiting a circumtropical distribution. Crocodylus traditionally has been viewed as an ancient group of morphologically conserved species that originated in Africa prior to continental breakup. In this study, these long-held notions about the temporal and geographic origin of Crocodylus are tested using DNA sequence data of 10 loci from 76 individuals representing all 23 crocodylian species. I infer a time-calibrated species tree of all Crocodylia and estimate the spatial pattern of diversification within Crocodylus. For the first time, a fully resolved phylogenetic estimate of all Crocodylia is well-supported. The results overturn traditional views of the evolution of Crocodylus by demonstrating that the true crocodiles are not "living-fossils" that originated in Africa. Rather, Crocodylus originated from an ancestor in the tropics of the Late Miocene Indo-Pacific, and rapidly radiated and dispersed around the globe during a period marked by mass extinctions of fellow crocodylians. The findings also reveal more diversity within the genus than is recognized by current taxonomy.
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- Authors
- Oaks, J. R.
- Venue
- Evolution
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-07-06
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 3285-3297
- ISSN
- 0014-3820 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2070046933
- Cited by
- 294
- References
- 88
- FWCI
- 10.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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