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Molecular divergence dates suggest that mystacinids diverged from other noctilionoids sometime between 41 and 51 Ma [e.g. [ 7, 40, 42]; [Figure 4].

Mystacinids and phyllostomids fall within the Gondwanan bat superfamily Noctilionoidea, but molecular divergence dates indicate that the two families diverged 41 51 Ma [ 7], and terrestrial locomotion appears to have evolved independently in Mystacina and Desmodus.

Molecular divergence dates were calculated using the 20.1 kb molecular supermatrix of Beck [10] and the Bayesian relaxed molecular clock method implemented in BEAST 1.4 [26].

However, it has been pointed out that due to the problems in determining substitution rates precisely, such dates should be viewed with caution and correlating molecular divergence dates with changes in environmental conditions may be tentative at best [32].

Moreover, our estimation of molecular divergence dates indicates that these radiations occurred in the Middle to Late Oligocene and Middle Miocene, respectively.

[ 32] investigate the existence of local molecular clocks during the radiation of mammals with an eye to reconciling molecular divergence dates with fossil evidence.

According to recent molecular divergence date estimates, the placental superorders diverged around 88too 90 Ma, but most extant orders seem to have originated near to or soon after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, around 65 Ma [ 2, 55].

Research in molecular divergence dating was initiated with the proposal of a molecular clock [ 13].

Molecular divergence dating indicates extant Caribbean "faviid" corals radiated rapidly during the late Miocene to early Pliocene.

Here we investigate the tempo of evolution in harpalines using molecular divergence dating techniques and explore the rates of lineage accumulation in harpalines and their sister group.

According to molecular divergence date estimates, harpalines originated in the mid Cretaceous but did not diversify extensively until the late Cretaceous or early Paleogene about 32 million years after their origin.