Table 2.
The empirical data and the predictions related to the biogeographic events under different geological models. 99% confidence intervals of the observation values are from 1000 bootstrap pseudoreplicates (see Supplementary Data S5).
| Predictionsa (Ma) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Features of the diversification dynamics | Observations (99% confidence interval) (Ma) | Stepwise hypothesis | Late Orogeny hypothesis |
| Origination of MDivE | 67 (67–54) | ||
| Origination of MDisE | 67 (67–54) | ||
| ∼60 | 23 | ||
| Peak of MDivE | 13.5 (14–11) | ||
| Peak of MDisE | 12 (15–13) | ||
| ∼15 | 5.3–2.5 | ||
| Inflection points of MDivE | 30 (35–11), 53 (56–27) | ||
| Inflection points of MDisE | 31 (39–11), 54 (58–27) | ||
| 21–19, 56 (58–54) | None mentioned | ||
aThe prediction values are consistent with data used in Fig. 2c and d.