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. 2011 Dec 27;109(3):722-727. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1110246108

Table 1.

Summary of the scores of each SFTUs on the first six rotated factors

Scores
Evolutionary faunas
Paleocene Early-middle Eocene Middle-late Eocene Oligocene Miocene Pliocene
> 2.0 Viverravidaea Proviverrinaeb Miacidaea Hesperocyoninaec Borophaginaec Caninaec
Hyopsodontidaed Miacidaea Homacodontinaee Nimravinaef Oligobuninaeg Mustelinaeg
Mioclaeninaed Basal Ceratomorphah Protoreodontinaei Merycoidodontinaei Merycodontinaej Camelinaek
Arctocyoninael Hyracotheriinaem Oromerycidaek Hypertragulidaen Moschidaej Antilocaprinaej
Pantolambdidaeo Diacodexeinaee Leptotragulinaek Tapiridaeh Anchitheriinaem Equinaem
Viverravidaea Brontotheriinaep Equinaem Gomphotheriidaeq
Oxyaeninaeb Helohyinaee Amphicyoninaer Felinaes
Mesonychinael Helaletidaeh
Amynodontidaet
> 1.0 Anisonchinaed Limnocyonidaeb Hyaenodontinaeb Daphoeninaer Synthetoceratinaek Machairodontinaes
Triisodontinael Meniscotherinaed Viverravidaea Bothriodontinaeu Miolabinaek Procyoninaeg
Barylambdidaeo Isectolophidaeh Antiacodontinaee Entelodontidaeu Tapiridaeh Tayassuinaeu
Periptychinaed Stylinodontidaeo Tapiroidsh Poebrotherinaek Protolabinaek Cervidaej
Homacodontinaee Mesonychinael Leptomerycidaen Cranioceratinaej Bovidaej
Hyopsodintidaee Hyracodontidaet Tapiroidsh Hesperhyinaee Mephitidaeg
Teleaceratinaet Anchitheriinaem Procyoninaeg Melinaeg
Hyracotheriinaem Borophaginaec
Dolichorhininaep Basal rhinocerotidst
Diceratheriinaet

The values of the SFTU scores indicate their relative contribution of each SFTU to the total diversity of each evolutionary fauna. Key to the higher taxa containing the SFTUs (quotes indicate paraphyletic taxa, daggers indicate extinct taxa)

a“Miacoids”

bCreodonta

cCanidae

d“Condylarthra”: Herbivorous or omnivorous taxa

eDichobunidae

fNimravidae

g“Musteloids”

h“Tapiroids”

iOreodontoidea

jPecora

k“Tylopods” (inc. camels, protoceratids, and oromerycids)

l“Condylarthra”: Carnivorous taxa.

mEquidae

n“Traguloids”

o“Ungulate-like mammals”

pOther perissodactyls (inc. brontotheres and chalicotheres)

qProboscidea

rAmphicyonidae

sFelidae

tRhinocerotoidea

u“Suoids”