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

Table 2. Divergence times for the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of representative clades.

Summary of mean ages and 95% Highest Posterior Densities (HPDs) estimated with an uncorrelated log normal relaxed clock and FBD diversification model for a combined dataset for the Ichthyomyini and outgroup taxa. Ages in millions of years ago (Mya).

Taxon Mean age 95% HPDs
Sigmodontinae 8.95 7.75–10.18
Sigmodontalia 7.89 6.74–9.09
Oryzomyalia 6.34 5.80–9.64
Ichthyomyini 4.96 4.16–5.79
Sigmodon 2.92 2.76–3.00
Ichthyomyina 3.65 3.13–4.22
Rheomys + Ichthyomys 2.56 2.07–3.05
Ichthyomys 1.25 0.94–1.57
Chibchanomys trichotis/Neusticomys/
“Chibchanomys”/Daptomys
2.78 2.32–3.27
Daptomys 1.10 0.84–1.37
Neusticomys 1.13 0.86–1.43