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A new time tree reveals Earth history’s imprint on the evolution of modern birds

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Claramunt, Santiago, Cracraft, Joel·2015·Science Advances

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Estimates of the timing of evolution of modern birds reveals the influence of paleogeography and paleoclimate on diversification.

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  • The early high-rate pattern is concordant with recent reconstructions of high net species diversification rates in the latest Cretaceous and with estimated origination times of major clades including Neoaves, Strisores, Inopaves, Aequorlitornithes, and Columbaves.

    “This pattern is concordant with recent reconstructions of high net species diversification rates in the latest Cretaceous (25) and with the estimated time of the origination of major clades including Neoaves, Strisores, Inopaves, Aequorlitornithes, and Columbaves (21).”

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Authors
Claramunt, S., & Cracraft, J.
Affiliations
American Museum of Natural History (US)
Corresponding author
  • Claramunt, Santiago
  • Cracraft, Joel
Venue
Science Advances
Published
2015-12-04
Volume
1
Issue
11
Pages
e1501005-e1501005
ISSN
2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2256663809
Cited by
383
References
186
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 42 · 2018: 34 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 1
FWCI
25.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (ID0EOABG4147, 1241066)
  • Directorate for Biological Sciences (ID0EYFBG4148, 1146423)
  • American Museum of Natural History (ID0ECLBG4149)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
Keywords
Neornithes, modern birds, timetree, molecular clock, fossil birds, avian diversification, biogeography, Cretaceous-Paleogene transition, plate tectonics, global cooling, speciation, dispersal routes, Zealandia, South America

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