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Divergence of dinoflagellates and apicomplexans

Range	800 to 900 Mya
Organism	Eukaryotes
Reference	Wisecaver JH, Hackett JD. Dinoflagellate genome evolution. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2011 65: 369-87. p.370 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID21682644
Primary Source	Bhattacharya D, Yoon HS, Hedges SB, Hackett JD. 2009. Eukaryotes (Eukaryota). In The Timetree of Life, ed. SB Hedges, S Kumar, pp. 116–20. Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ. Press AND Hackett JD, Yoon HS, Butterfield NJ, Sanderson MJ, Bhattacharya D. 2007. Plastid endosymbiosis: sources and timing of the major events. In Evolution of Primary Producers in the Sea, ed. PG Falkowski, AH Knoll, pp. 109–32. San Diego, CA: Academic
Method	Molecular clock analyses
Comments	Mya=million years ago
Entered by	Uri M
ID	107516