Over the past decade, a new set of methods for estimating dated trees has emerged.
Originally referred to as the fossilized birth–death (FBD) process, this single model has …

The current literature on marsupial phylogenetics includes numerous studies based on
analyses of morphological data with limited sampling of Recent and fossil taxa, and many …

There have been multiple published phylogenetic analyses of platyrrhine primates (New
World monkeys) using both morphological and molecular data, but relatively few that have …

Within the Formicidae, the higher classification of nearly all subfamilies has been recently
revised given the findings of molecular phylogenetics. Here, we integrate morphology and …

Deriving node calibrations from fossils remains by far the most common method for attaching
an absolute timescale to a molecular tree. But this' node dating'approach has a credibility …

Phylogenetic trees establish a historical context for the study of organismal form and
function. Most phylogenetic trees are estimated using a model of evolution. For molecular …

Phylogenetic divergence-time estimation has been revolutionized by two recent
developments: 1) total-evidence dating (or" tip-dating") approaches that allow for the …

Fossils provide unique opportunity to understand the tempo and mode of evolution and are
essential for modeling the history of lineage diversification. Here, we interrogate the …

Time calibrated trees are challenging to estimate for many extinct groups of species due to
the incompleteness of the rock and fossil records. Additionally, the precise age of a sample …

Placing evolutionary events in the context of geological time is a fundamental goal in
paleobiology and macroevolution. In this Element we describe the tripartite model used for …