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. 2023 Jan 13;11:e14319. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14319

Table 1. Calibration points, based on fossil cricetid occurrences, used for dating analyses.

# Taxon Age in Ma Remarks
1 Reithrodon 3.79 ± 0.5 Oldest confident record for the genus Reithrodon; basal levels of the Chapadmalal Fm (Buenos Aires, Argentina); absolute age from dated impactites (Prevosti et al., 2021).
2 Graomys 3.79 ± 0.5 Oldest record for the genus Graomys based on Graomys dorae Reig, 1978; basal levels of the Chapadmalal Fm (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
3 Scapteromys aquaticus /tumidus 1.86 ± 0.09 Oldest record for a morphotype indistinguishable from Scapteromys aquaticus or Scapteromys tumidus; based on a specimen collected in Necochea (Buenos Aires, Argentina); age according to paleomagnetic profile (Prevosti et al., 2021)
4 Kunsia/Scapteromys (split) 2.75 ± 0.25 Based on Scapteromys hershkovitzi Reig, 1994 (see Pardiñas, 2013); absolute age base on fission track analysis conducted in Olavarría (M. de los Reyes, 2020, personal communication).
5 Akodon montensis 0.88 ± 0.105 Remains attributed to this species collected near Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina; see Reig, 1987); age according to paleomagnetic data (Brunhes-Matuyama limit).
6 Necromys 2.4 ± 0.2 San Andrés Fm; recorded as Bolomys sp. in Reig (1994); age according to paleomagnetic data.
7 Kraglievichimys formosus (Phyllotini) 4.40 ± 0.05 Based on remains collected in Irene Fm, Quequén Salado river (Buenos Aires, Argentina; see Pardiñas et al., 2017b; Barbière, Ortiz & Pardiñas, 2019) absolute age from dated impactites (Prevosti et al., 2021).
8 Sigmodon curtisi 2.00 Oldest record of genus Sigmodon stricto sensu (see Peláez-Campomanes & Martin, 2005).
9 Akodon johannis 1.40 Treated as the oldest record of genus Thaptomys (see Reig, 1987).
10 Akodon lorenzini 2.80 Treated as the oldest record of genus Akodon (see Reig, 1987).
11 Neotoma sawrockensis 4.70 Applied to the split between Neotoma and Hodomys (Martin & Zakrzewski, 2019)