Project 2769: R. J. Asher, M. R. Smith, A. Rankin, R. J. Emry. 2019. Congruence, fossils and the evolutionary tree of rodents and lagomorphs. Royal Society Open Science. 6 (7):190387.
Abstract
Given an evolutionary process, we expect distinct categories of heritable data, sampled in ever larger amounts, to converge on a single tree of historical relationships. We tested this assertion by undertaking phylogenetic analyses of a new morphology-DNA dataset for mammals, focusing on Glires and including the oldest known skeletons of geomyoid and Ischyromys rodents. Our results support geomyoids in the mouse-related clade (Myomorpha) and a ricochetal locomotor pattern for the common ancestor of geomyoid rodents. They also support Ischyromys in the squirrel-related clade (Sciuromorpha) and the evolution of sciurids and Aplodontia from extinct, ‘protrogomorph’-grade rodents. Moreover, ever larger samples of characters from our dataset increased congruence with an independent, well-corroborated tree. Addition of morphology from fossils increased congruence to a greater extent than addition of morphology from extant taxa, consistent with fossils’ temporal proximity to the common ancestors of living species, reflecting the historical, phylogenetic signal present in our data, particularly in morphological characters from fossils. Our results support the widely held but poorly tested intuition that fossils resemble the common ancestors shared by living species, and that fossilizable hard tissues (i.e. bones and teeth) help to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of life.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190387
Project DOI: 10.7934/P2769, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P2769
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Download Project SDD File ![]() | Total scored cells: 20025 Total media associated with cells: 153 Total labels associated with cell media: 257 |
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Total characters: 219 Total characters with associated media: 0 Total characters with media with labels: 0 Total character states: 520 Total character states with associated media: 500 Total character states with media with labels:499 Total unordered/ordered characters:191/28 |
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MorphoBank Project 2769
MorphoBank Project 2769
- Creation Date:
13 October 2017 - Publication Date:
15 July 2019 - Project views: 91326
- Media downloads: 78
- Matrix downloads: 42
Authors' Institutions
- University of Cambridge
- Durham University
- Smithsonian Institution
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Robert Asher Project Administrator | 107 | 85 | 183 | 33 | 219 | 0 | 75 | 552 | 746 | 20025 (19247, 0, 778) | 0 | 203 | 153 | 257 | 14 | ||||||||
Aime Rankin Observer ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M24848' (102 Taxa)
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[1] Didelphis Last Modified in 05/16/18 | 0 | 207 | 201 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 ![]() |
[2] Acomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 3 | 202 | 202 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[3] Anomalurus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 7 | 206 | 199 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 ![]() |
[4] Aplodontia Last Modified in 10/14/17 | 6 | 209 | 202 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 ![]() |
[5] Arvicanthis Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 0 | 209 | 205 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[6] Arvicola Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 0 | 202 | 201 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[7] Capromys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 212 | 210 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[8] Castor Last Modified in 10/14/17 | 2 | 210 | 208 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 ![]() |
[9] Cavia Last Modified in 10/14/17 | 0 | 214 | 211 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
[10] Chaetodipus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 212 | 207 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 ![]() |
[11] Chinchilla Last Modified in 10/14/17 | 7 | 207 | 204 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
[12] Cricetomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 201 | 201 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[13] Cuniculus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 10 | 203 | 200 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 ![]() |
[14] Dasyprocta Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 1 | 213 | 210 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[15] Dermoptera Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 212 | 210 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[16] Dipodomys Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 4 | 209 | 195 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 2 ![]() |
[17] Dipus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 5 | 198 | 197 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[18] Echimys Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 5 | 207 | 203 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 ![]() |
[19] Eliomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 29 | 180 | 171 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 ![]() |
[20] Erethizon Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 2 | 209 | 205 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[21] Eulemur macaco Last Modified in 07/31/18 | 11 | 203 | 202 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[22] Geomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 7 | 199 | 198 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 ![]() |
[23] Gerbillus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 206 | 205 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[24] Glaucomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 9 | 205 | 203 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[25] Graphiurus Last Modified in 12/05/17 | 1 | 212 | 210 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
[26] Heterocephalus Last Modified in 06/23/18 | 0 | 207 | 198 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 2 ![]() |
[27] Heteromys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 213 | 208 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 ![]() |
[28] Hydrochoerus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 7 | 205 | 205 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[29] Hydromys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 2 | 200 | 197 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
[30] Hystrix Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 7 | 207 | 203 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 ![]() |
[31] Jaculus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 204 | 204 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[32] Laonastes Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 214 | 204 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
[33] Lepus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 3 | 214 | 207 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 ![]() |
[34] Macropus Last Modified in 10/14/17 | 8 | 194 | 190 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[35] Marmota Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 1 | 213 | 206 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 ![]() |
[36] Massoutiera Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 12 | 194 | 194 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[37] Mus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 1 | 201 | 196 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 2 ![]() |
[38] Myocastor Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 1 | 207 | 207 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[39] Myoxus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 8 | 205 | 201 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 ![]() |
[40] Napaeozapus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 3 | 203 | 196 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 2 ![]() |
[41] Neotoma Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 4 | 197 | 196 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[42] Ochotona Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 2 | 218 | 209 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 ![]() |
[43] Orthogeomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 6 | 204 | 197 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 ![]() |
[44] Oryctolagus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 4 | 216 | 209 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[45] Papio hamadryas Last Modified in 07/31/18 | 5 | 209 | 206 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[46] Pedetes Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 5 | 206 | 201 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[47] Perognathus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 7 | 208 | 204 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 ![]() |
[48] Platacanthomyidae Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 9 | 194 | 191 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
[49] Rattus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 0 | 205 | 198 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 ![]() |
[50] Ratufa Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 0 | 213 | 206 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 ![]() |
[51] Rhynchocyon Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 3 | 211 | 209 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[52] Sciurus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 0 | 218 | 211 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[53] Spalax Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 2 | 202 | 199 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 ![]() |
[54] Sylvilagus Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 2 | 216 | 212 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[55] Tamias Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 1 | 215 | 213 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[56] Tamiasciurus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 0 | 212 | 207 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 ![]() |
[57] Thomomys Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 12 | 202 | 201 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[58] Thryonomys Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 4 | 209 | 207 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[59] Tupaia Last Modified in 10/13/17 | 3 | 213 | 209 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 ![]() |
[60] Vombatus Last Modified in 10/14/17 | 9 | 195 | 193 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[61] † Adapis Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 20 | 197 | 184 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[62] † Anagale Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 23 | 192 | 192 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[63] † Anagalopsis Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 79 | 140 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[64] † Asioryctes Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 33 | 182 | 182 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[65] † Barunlestes Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 61 | 156 | 155 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[66] † Cocomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 63 | 153 | 151 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[67] † Cricetops Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 58 | 149 | 145 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[68] † Douglassciurus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 67 | 147 | 104 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 2 ![]() |
[69] † Eurymylus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 119 | 96 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[70] † Florentiamys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 37 | 175 | 174 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[71] † Gomphos Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 17 | 199 | 195 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 ![]() |
[72] † Gregorymys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 54 | 158 | 155 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[73] † Heliscomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 37 | 178 | 155 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 2 ![]() |
[74] † Heomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 114 | 101 | 101 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[75] † Hyopsodus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 20 | 197 | 196 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[76] † Incamys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 73 | 139 | 136 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[77] † Ischyromys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 21 | 195 | 175 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 2 ![]() |
[78] † Kennalestes Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 60 | 157 | 157 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[79] † Kulbeckia Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 115 | 102 | 101 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[80] † Leptictis Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 15 | 202 | 201 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[81] † Matutinia Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 26 | 191 | 188 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[82] † Mimolagus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 113 | 106 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[83] † Mimotona Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 110 | 108 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[84] † Neoreomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 46 | 165 | 158 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 ![]() |
[85] † Notharctus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 7 | 208 | 208 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[86] † Palaeolagus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 20 | 197 | 192 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[87] † Paradjidaumo Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 54 | 158 | 156 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[88] † Paramys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 16 | 199 | 194 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[89] † Paraphiomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 55 | 156 | 156 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[90] † Phenacodus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 19 | 199 | 198 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[91] † Plesiadapis Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 24 | 196 | 193 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[92] † Prolagus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 15 | 200 | 195 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[93] † Pseudictops Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 78 | 138 | 136 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 ![]() |
[94] † Reithroparamys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 40 | 174 | 172 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[95] † Rhombomylus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 8 | 208 | 205 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[96] † Sciuravus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 49 | 166 | 163 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[97] † Sinomylus Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 144 | 73 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[98] † Tataromys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 68 | 144 | 142 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[99] † Tribosphenomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 103 | 112 | 109 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[100] † Tsaganomys Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 61 | 151 | 146 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[101] † Ukhaatherium Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 26 | 188 | 188 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 ![]() |
[102] † Zalambdalestes Last Modified in 05/15/18 | 17 | 204 | 199 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 ![]() |
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