The Great American Biotic Interchange: Dispersals, Tectonics, Climate, Sea Level and Holding Pens

Woodburne, Michael O.

doi:10.1007/s10914-010-9144-8

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“…This is also suggested by our findings that point to the rise of the IctonyxPoecilogale clade after the Messinian Salinity Crisis, ~4.8-4.5 MYA, in Africa. Our results also reveal that the origin of the crown clade Lyncodontini (~2.9-2.6 MYA in South America) postdated the complete emergence of the Panamanian isthmus (~3.7-3.1 MYA; Duque-Caro, 1990), which offered a land bridge for faunal exchange between North and South America, an event termed the Great American Biotic Interchange (Woodburne, 2010). …”

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Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea)

Sato

Wolsan

Prevosti

et al. 2012

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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We analyzed a concatenated (8492 bp) nuclear-mitochondrial DNA data set from 44 musteloids The early offshoots of this radiation largely evolved into badger and marten ecological niches (Taxidiinae, Melinae, Mellivorinae, Guloninae, and Helictidinae), whereas the later divergences have adapted to other niches including those of weasels, polecats, minks, and otters (Mustelinae, Ictonychinae, and Lutrinae). Notably, and contrary to traditional beliefs, the morphological adaptations of badgers, martens, weasels, polecats, and minks each evolved independently more than once within Mustelidae. Ictonychinae (which is most closely related to Lutrinae) arose approximately 9.5-8.9 MYA, most likely in Asia, where it diverged into the Old World and Poecilogale, respectively, we propose that Pekania and Poecilictis be treated as valid genera and that -Martes‖ pennanti and -Ictonyx‖ libyca, respectively, be assigned to these genera.

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Section: The Results Of Our Chronological and Biogeographic Analyses mentioning

confidence: 53%

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea)

Sato

Wolsan

Prevosti

et al. 2012

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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“…However, the fossil record documents only a modest number of immigrations into North America of species with South American origins (e.g., primates, marsupials, bats, xenarthrans, and a few species of rodents) as the isthmus developed during the late Cenozoic (29,30). Given the standing diversity of endemic North American clades further north throughout the GABI, these immigrants were too few in number to tip a flat gradient into its modern configuration.…”

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Late Cenozoic onset of the latitudinal diversity gradient of North American mammals

Marcot

Fox

Niebuhr

2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The decline of species richness from equator to pole, or latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG), is nearly universal among clades of living organisms, yet whether it was such a pervasive pattern in the geologic past remains uncertain. Here, we calculate the strength of the LDG for terrestrial mammals in North America over the past 65 My, using 27,903 fossil occurrences of Cenozoic terrestrial mammals from western North America downloaded from the Paleobiology Database. Accounting for temporal and spatial variation in sampling, the LDG was substantially weaker than it is today for most of the Cenozoic and the robust modern LDG of North American mammals evolved only over the last 4 My. The strength of the LDG correlates negatively with global temperature, suggesting a role of global climate patterns in the establishment and maintenance of the LDG for North American mammals.

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“…The great exchange of vertebrates between North and South America is widely ascribed to the ~3 Ma closure of the Central American seaway and emergence of the Isthmus of Panama (e.g., Simpson, 1940;Duque-Caro, 1990;Coates et al, 1992;Coates et al, 2004;Woodburne, 2010). In addition to the biologic effects of this "Great American Biotic Interchange" (Marshall et al, 1982;Webb, 1991), the presumed late Pliocene closure event has been implicated as a primary trigger of glaciation in the Northern Hemisphere (Burton et al, 1997;Haug and Tiedemann, 1998).…”

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The emerging field of geogenomics: Constraining geological problems with genetic data

Baker

Fritz

Dick³

et al. 2014

Earth-Science Reviews

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The development of a genomics-derived discipline within geology is timely, as a result of major advances in acquiring and processing geologically relevant genetic data. This paper articulates the emerging field of "geogenomics," which involves the use of large-scale genetic data to constrain geological hypotheses. The paper introduces geogenomics and discusses how hypotheses can be addressed through collaboration between geologists and evolutionary biologists. As an example, geogenomic methods are applied to evaluate competing hypotheses regarding the timing of the Andean uplift, the closure of the Isthmus of Panama, the onset of trans-Amazon drainage, and Quaternary climate variation in the Neotropics.

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The Great American Biotic Interchange: Dispersals, Tectonics, Climate, Sea Level and Holding Pens

Cited by 409 publications

References 63 publications

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea)

Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea)

Late Cenozoic onset of the latitudinal diversity gradient of North American mammals

The emerging field of geogenomics: Constraining geological problems with genetic data

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