Inferring the Total-Evidence Timescale of Marattialean Fern Evolution in the Face of Model Sensitivity
M. R. May, D. L. Contreras, M. A. Sundue, N. S. Nagalingum, C. V. Looy, C. J. Rothfels
This study applies total-evidence dating and fossilized birth-death models to infer the evolutionary timescale of marattialean ferns, finding that tree models significantly influence divergence times and that the clade of extant Marattiales is younger than previously thought.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2020Evolutionary Biology