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Molecular Evidence for the Early History of Living Amphibians
Andrea E. Feller,S. Blair Hedges +1 more
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Evidence from the DNA sequences of four mitochondrial genes that challenges the conventional hypothesis and supports a salamander-caecilian relationship is presented and suggests a more recent (Mesozoic) origin for salamanders and caecilians directly linked to the initial breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea.About:
This article is published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.The article was published on 1998-06-01. It has received 204 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lissamphibia & Laurasia.read more
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The amphibian tree of life
Darrel R. Frost,Taran Grant,Taran Grant,Julián Faivovich,Julián Faivovich,Raoul H. Bain,Alexander Haas,Célio F. B. Haddad,Rafael O. de Sá,Alan Channing,Mark Wilkinson,Stephen C. Donnellan,Christopher J. Raxworthy,Jonathan A. Campbell,Boris L. Blotto,Paul E. Moler,Robert C. Drewes,Ronald A. Nussbaum,John D. Lynch,David M. Green,Ward C. Wheeler +20 more
TL;DR: A new taxonomy of living amphibians is proposed to correct the deficiencies of the old one, based on the largest phylogenetic analysis of living Amphibia so far accomplished, and many subsidiary taxa are demonstrated to be nonmonophyletic.
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A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians
R. Alexander Pyron,John J. Wiens +1 more
TL;DR: This study provides further evidence that the supermatrix approach provides an effective strategy for inferring large-scale phylogenies using the combined results of previous studies, despite many taxa having extensive missing data.
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Systematic review of the frog family hylidae, with special reference to hylinae: phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision
Julián Faivovich,Célio F. B. Haddad,Paulo C. A. Garcia,Darrel R. Frost,Jonathan A. Campbell,Ward C. Wheeler +5 more
TL;DR: The present analysis indicates that Hemiphractinae are not related to the other three hylid subfamilies and are therefore removed from the family and tentatively considered a subfamily of the paraphyletic Leptodactylidae.
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Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (amphibia: athesphatanura: dendrobatidae)
Taran Grant,Taran Grant,Darrel R. Frost,Janalee P. Caldwell,Ron Gagliardo,Célio F. B. Haddad,Philippe J. R. Kok,D. Bruce Means,Brice P. Noonan,Walter E. Schargel,Ward C. Wheeler +10 more
TL;DR: A new, monophyletic taxonomy for dendrobatids is proposed, recognizing the inclusive clade as a superfamily (Dendrobatoidea) composed of two families (one of which is new), six subfamilies (three new), and 16 genera (four new).
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Divergence time estimation using fossils as terminal taxa and the origins of Lissamphibia.
TL;DR: Potential pitfalls for the use of fossils as post hoc age constraints on internal nodes are illustrated and the importance of explicit phylogenetic analysis of extinct taxa are highlighted.
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