Age Estimates for Some Subterranean Taxa and Lineages in the Dinaric Karst
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Publication Date
4-1-2007
Publication Title
Acta Carsologica
Volume Number
36
Issue Number
1
Abstract
Using a comparative phylogeographic approach and different independent molecular clocks we propose a timescale for the evolution of troglobionts in the Dinaric Karst that is relatively consistent over a wide taxonomic range. Keystone events seem to belong to two age classes. (1) Major splits within holodinaric taxa are from the mid-Miocene. They present the potential upper limit for the age of cave invasions. (2) Regional differentiation, including speciation, which can at least in part be associated with a subterranean phase, took place from early Pliocene to mid-Pleistocene. We suggest two to five million years as the time when most of the analyzed lineages started invading the Dinaric Karst underground.
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Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v36i1.220
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Trontelj, Peter; Gorički, Špela; Polak, Slavko; Verovnik, Rudi; Zakšek, Valerija; and Sket, Boris, "Age Estimates for Some Subterranean Taxa and Lineages in the Dinaric Karst" (2007). KIP Articles. 9360.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/9360
