Uplift of the Tibetan plateau: Evidence from divergence times of glyptosternoid catfishes

Evolutionary events in Lilium (including Nomocharis, Liliaceae) are temporally correlated with orogenies of the Q–T plateau and the Hengduan Mountains

“…Thus, the timing of the origin of several stem lineages within Lilium appears to correspond to the final, rapid phase of Q-T Plateau uplift (Liu et al, 2006;Zhang et al, 2000;Guo et al, 2002). High rates of biological diversification occurring 8-7 Mya and attributable to Q-T Plateau uplift have also been detected in other eastern Asian organisms from Compositae to catfish (e.g., Liu et al, 2006;Zhang and Fritsch, 2010;Peng et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2005). The generation of novel environments along newly-formed elevational gradients may have prompted ecological speciation in Lilium-Nomocharis.…”

Dispersals of Hyoscyameae and Mandragoreae (Solanaceae) from the New World to Eurasia in the early Miocene and their biogeographic diversification within Eurasia

“…The plateau was warm and humid in the early Tertiary. The majority of the TP arose rapidly in the Miocene and reached the present height before the Pliocene (Harrison et al, 1992;Peng et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2008). In the Pliocene and in the Quaternary, the climate oscillations and the advances/retreats of glaciers may be the most remarkable features in this region.…”

A phylogeographic evaluation of the Amolops mantzorum species group: Cryptic species and plateau uplift

“…Macey et al, 1998;Peng et al, 2006;Zhou et al, 2012). Several biogeographic patterns have been recognized.…”