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. 2016 Jan 8;8(2):330–344. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evv261

Table 6.

Prior and Posterior Divergence Times for All Nodes in the Mammal Tree

Node Marginal Priora
Posteriorb
Mean 95% HPD
Mean 95% HPD
Lower Upper Lower Upper
37 Mammalia—Root 226.58 200.99 252.03 223.75 200.47 251.31
38 Theria 163.55 156.45 169.68 163.92 156.67 169.79
39 Marsupialia 95.24 49.77 132.30 78.28 49.11 104.26
40 Placentalia 144.55 115.18 166.80 92.96 86.43 99.91
41 Atlantogenata 119.81 78.70 160.81 90.32 83.73 96.54
42 Xenarthra 80.50 47.46 125.59 67.08 56.62 76.83
43 Afrotheria 90.58 55.92 134.03 72.54 64.85 79.20
44 Paenungulata 49.22 0.12 91.45 60.21 51.45 67.79
45 Boreotheria 135.49 104.09 163.06 85.07 79.93 90.42
46 Laurasiatheria 121.96 84.99 157.18 77.74 73.75 81.96
47 Eulipotyphla 92.65 61.31 132.29 64.35 61.49 67.63
48 Scrotifera 107.66 70.35 146.41 74.82 71.17 78.50
49 Chiroptera 52.07 44.98 58.88 58.23 55.71 60.28
50 Carnivora/Euungulata 95.27 64.18 131.20 73.65 70.18 77.18
51 Carnivora 52.25 37.43 66.15 52.61 45.22 59.70
52 Euungulata 81.43 62.35 110.69 71.35 68.16 74.58
53 Artiodactyla 63.37 55.61 69.78 61.40 59.38 63.40
54 Pig/Cow 59.83 53.00 66.50 58.62 56.92 60.23
55 Dolphin/Cow 56.60 52.21 63.53 52.98 52.10 54.26
56 Euarchontoglires 119.78 84.01 155.50 76.69 72.63 80.60
57 Tree Shrew/Glires 96.61 60.66 136.15 74.93 71.26 78.77
58 Glires 78.48 56.43 115.21 70.34 67.22 73.53
59 Lagomorpha 56.43 47.29 65.59 48.57 46.13 51.65
60 Rodentia 60.89 55.93 65.84 61.97 60.07 63.78
61 Guinea Pig/Rat 53.92 47.79 59.20 58.76 56.91 60.28
62 Kangarro Rat/Rat 36.64 11.75 56.26 51.91 49.14 54.13
63 Muridae 12.18 10.40 13.98 12.21 10.46 13.98
64 Primates 93.18 57.25 130.31 69.27 65.64 72.96
65 Strepsirrhini 44.92 34.04 55.71 52.77 47.91 56.69
66 Haplorrhini 68.64 39.642 108.87 64.96 61.18 68.72
67 Anthropoidea 50.22 33.85 77.91 38.35 33.95 42.77
68 Catarrhini 29.49 24.53 33.97 26.84 24.11 30.32
69 Hominidae 19.04 11.59 28.17 17.85 15.40 20.52
70 Homininae 13.06 6.85 21.03 10.12 8.53 11.45
71 Hominini 8.26 6.51 10.01 8.94 7.51 10.10

aThe marginal prior was constructed for each node using either the fossil calibrations or from a birth–death process if no calibration was available.

bPosterior time estimates for each node based upon the calibrations and the 14k gene data set.