Table 2 Summary of divergence dates for selected nodes from our six dating analyses and from two recent molecular studies
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Clade | NodeCalib1 | NodeCalib2 | TipCalib1 | TipCalib2 | TipNodeCalib1 | TipNodeCalib2 | Mitchell et al. [20] | Westerman et al. [15] |
Didelphidae-Australidelphia split | 61.1 (54.6–75.2) | 75.9 (61.2–83.6) | 55.5 (47.9–64.3) | 56.8 (50.8–64.1) | 54.3 (47.9–61.8) | 55.5 (49.5–62.6) | 82.5 | N/A |
Dromiciops-Peramelemorphia-Dasyuromorphia split (= crown-Australidelphia) | 55.5 (46.5–69.5) | 68.6 (54.1–79.6) | 53.6 (45.1–63.2) | N/A | 50.6 (44.5–58.3) | 51.5 (44.9–57.2) | 69.2 | N/A |
Peramelemorphia-Dasyuromorphia split | 52.1 (43.5–64.9) | 64.4 (49.9–74.4) | 51.8 (42.8–61.7) | N/A | 47.6 (41.2–55.0) | 48.4 (42.6–54.0) | 64.3 | N/A |
Thylacinus-Myrmecobius-Dasyuridae split (= Dasyuroidea) | 34.7 (28.4–44.1) | 42.9 (33.4–51.2) | 36.4 (30.3–44.0) | 36.5 (30.2–43.1) | 30.7 (26.9–36.1) | 31.6 (27.7–35.5) | 38.6 | ~40 |
Dasyurinae-Sminthopsinae split (= crown-Dasyuridae) | 23.4 (18.8–29.4) | 28.6 (22.2–34.5) | 22.6 (18.7–26.7) | 22.6 18.7–25.5) | 20.6 (17.9–25.6) | 21.1 (18.2–23.7) | 24.9 | 29.3 (25.5–33.1) |
crown-Dasyurinae | 18.8 (15.2–23.6) | 22.9 (17.6–27.7) | 18.0 (14.8–21.7) | 17.9 (15.7–20.9) | 16.7 (14.1–21.5) | 16.9 (14.7–19.4) | 18.5 | 24.5 (21.2–28.0) |
crown-Dasyurini | 13.0 (10.4–16.5) | 15.8 (12.1–19.3) | 12.4 (10.2–15.0) | 12.3 (10.8–14.6) | 11.5 (9.6–14.5) | 11.7 (9.9–13.3) | 13.4 | ~18 |
Dasyurus | 8.1 (6.1–10.5) | 9.7 (7.0–12.3) | 7.7 (5.9–9.7) | 7.6 (6.1–9.3) | 7.2 (5.4–9.6) | 7.2 (5.6–8.7) | 8.2 | 11.2 (9.0–13.4) |
crown-Phascogalini | 13.3 (10.6–17.0) | 16.2 (12.2–19.8) | 12.6 (10.0–15.4) | 12.4 (10.7–14.7) | 11.8 (9.5–15.4) | 11.9 (10.2–13.6) | 12.9 | 18.8 (15.7–21.9) |
Antechinus | 9.5 (7.2–12.4) | 11.5 (7.9–14.7) | 9.0 (6.9–11.3) | 8.9 (7.2–10.8) | 8.5 (6.6–11.1) | 8.5 (6.6–9.9) | 9.9 | 11.9 (9.5–14.5) |
Murexia sensu lato | 9.9 (7.7–13.0) | 12.0 (9.0–15.0) | 9.3 (7.3–11.8) | 9.1 (7.8–10.7) | 8.7 (6.7–11.2) | 8.8 (7.1–10.5) | 11.0 | 13.7 (11.0–16.6) |
crown-Sminthopsinae | 18.9 (14.9–23.8) | 22.8 (17.6–27.8) | 17.9 (14.6–21.6) | 17.9 (14.9–20.8) | 16.5 (14.1–20.8) | 16.9 (14.3–19.2) | 19.1 | 24.1 (20.5–27.7) |
crown-Planigalini (= Planigale) | 7.2 (5.2–9.7) | 8.8 (5.9–11.6) | 6.8 (5.1–9.0) | 6.8 (5.1–8.6) | 6.5 (4.4–8.9) | 6.5 (4.8–8.2) | N/A | 12.3 (9.4–15.5) |
crown-Sminthopsini | 14.7 (11.8–18.5) | 17.8 (13.7–21.8) | 13.8 (11.3–16.5) | 13.8 (11.5–15.9) | 12.8 (10.8–15.9) | 13.1 (11.4–15.2) | 12.2 | 19.7 (16.7–23.0) |