Divergence between turtles and Archosauria (birds and dinosaurs)
| Range | ~255 (274 to 233) Mya |
|---|---|
| Organism | Various |
| Reference | Chiari Y, Cahais V, Galtier N, Delsuc F. Phylogenomic analyses support the position of turtles as the sister group of birds and crocodiles (Archosauria). BMC Biol. 2012 Jul 27 10(1):65. p.10 top paragraphPubMed ID22839781 |
| Comments | Researchers' auto-correlated relaxed clock analyses based on the CAT-GTR + G model support a divergence between turtles and Archosauria around 255 Mya (274-233 Mya), which is in agreement with the estimates recently reported by Shen et al. [30]. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 108234 |