Comprehensive taxon sampling and vetted fossils help clarify the time tree of shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes)
Abstract
Most taxonomically comprehensive phylogeny for Charadriiformes to date. Shorebirds originated in the Paleocene, earlier than indicated by recent studies. Rapid radiations detected for select gull genera and Old World oystercatchers. Plover monophyly and the exact position of the ibisbill remain unresolved.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- December 2022
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2022MolPE.17707620C
- Keywords:
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- Phylogeny;
- Birds;
- Charadriiformes;
- Fossil calibrations;
- Macroevolution