Table 1. Divergence times of the deeper nodes with alternative prior settings and different clock models.

Divergence times of the deeper nodes	BEAST analyses (normal) (mean age and the 95% HPD, Ma)			Bayesian analyses (uniform) (mean age and the 95% HPD, Ma)
	±one Stage/Age	Within certain Stage/Age	±two Stage/Age	RNA models	DNA models
	UCL	UCL	UCL	IGR	IGR
Root	475 (430–528)	468 (430–508)	475 (437–521)	410 (406–415)	410 (406–415)
Ectognatha/Insecta	446 (415–492)	442 (418–480)	448 (421–483)	408 (406–412)	408 (406–412)
Dicondylia	413 (399–425)	409 (404–414)	413 (398–428)	406 (405–409)	406 (405–409)
Palaeoptera	364 (323–399)	353 (301–385)	357 (313–395)	363 (310–399)	367 (322–398)
Pterygota	401 (384–418)	398 (384–408)	401 (380–418)	402 (391–408)	401 (392–408)
Neoptera	383 (365–401)	378 (358–393)	379 (357–400)	395 (382–404)	394 (381–404)
Polyneoptera	355 (316–386)	349 (319–381)	343 (308–373)	374 (344–397)	374 (345–396)
Dictyoptera	179 (139–237)	173 (141–236)	179 (138–234)	205 (151–266)	205 (143–263)
Mecynoptera	258 (191–329)	256 (186–328)	265 (203–326)	305 (241–358)	300 (240–354)
Eumetabola	373 (350–392)	368 (350–385)	369 (348–390)	386 (370–401)	386 (367–400)
Paraneoptera	357 (333–378)	353 (333–372)	353 (329–377)	369 (344–393)	369 (343–390)
Condylognatha	339 (317–359)	336 (320–356)	335 (315–360)	349 (322–374)	348 (319–375)
Holometabola	354 (329–378)	347 (327–368)	350 (331–371)	373 (349–394)	371 (349–392)
Neuropteroidea	312 (294–334)	306 (288–328)	308 (283–332)	332 (290–364)	332 (301–362)
Mecopterida	313 (292–344)	312 (292–338)	315 (293–339)	337 (299–370)	335 (302–367)
Neuropteroidea + Mecopterida	341 (317–365)	334 (316–356)	339 (318–360)	360 (334–386)	359 (330–382)
Antliophora	295 (274–323)	292 (273–319)	295 (276–314)	308 (270–358)	308 (268–354)