Global Biogeography Since Pangaea

Overview

Journal Proc Biol Sci

Specialty Biology

Date 2017 Jun 9

PMID 28592675

Citations 3

Authors

Sarah R N McIntyre

Charles H Lineweaver

Colin P Groves

Aditya Chopra

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Abstract

The break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea around 180 Ma has left its imprint on the global distribution of species and resulted in vicariance-driven speciation. Here, we test the idea that the molecular clock dates, for the divergences of species whose geographical ranges were divided, should agree with the palaeomagnetic dates for the continental separations. Our analysis of recently available phylogenetic divergence dates of 42 pairs of vertebrate taxa, selected for their reduced ability to disperse, demonstrates that the divergence dates in phylogenetic trees of continent-bound terrestrial and freshwater vertebrates are consistent with the palaeomagnetic dates of continental separation.

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