Miocene

Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography
Traditionally, the phylogeny of phyllostomids contained a few subfamilies sharing similar cranial and ecological traits. Family-wide …
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Phylogenetics and Historical Biogeography
Bayesian hierarchical models suggest oldest known plant-visiting bat was omnivorous
The earliest record of plant visiting in bats dates to the Middle Miocene of La Venta, the world’s most diverse tropical …
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Integrating Incomplete Fossils by Isolating Conflicting Signal in Saturated and Non-Independent Morphological Characters
Morphological characters are indispensable in phylogenetic analyses for understanding the pattern, process, and tempo of evolution. If …
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Earth history and the evolution of Caribbean bats
Although the natural history of the Caribbean is better understood now than ever before, a general biogeographic explanation for the …
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Earth history and the evolution of Caribbean bats