• DOI:10.1080/14772000.2013.765521
Corpus ID: 85167051

The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance – molecular calibrations versus the fossil record

@article{Mayr2013TheAO,
  title={The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance – molecular calibrations versus the fossil record},
  author={G. Mayr},
  journal={Systematics and Biodiversity},
  year={2013},
  volume={11},
  pages={13 - 7}
}

G. Mayr

Published 2013

Biology

Systematics and Biodiversity

Based on calibrations of molecular phylogenies and biogeographic considerations, it has been argued that the basal divergences of crown group Passeriformes occurred in the late Cretaceous, following the break-up of eastern Gondwana. Some implications of this hypothesis have, however, not yet been adequately addressed. In particular, a Cretaceous divergence of crown group passerines would imply an unprecedented evolutionary stasis for more than 80 million years in one of the most species-rich… CONTINUE READING

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