McKenna, D.D.; Shin, S.; Ahrens, D.; Balke, M.; Beza-Beza, C.; Clarke, D.J.; Donath, A.; Escalona, H.E.; Friedrich, F.; Letsch, H.; Liu, S.; Maddison, D.; Mayer, C.; Misof, B.; Murin, P.J.; Niehuis, O.; Peters, R.S.; Podsiadlowski, L.; Pohl, H.; Scully, E.D.; Yan, E.V.; Zhou, X.; Ślipiński, A.; Beutel, R.G.
topology · geochronology
A sampled beetle phylogeny and genomic analysis; model ages are not direct fossil boundaries.
A broad beetle phylogeny links sampled genomic changes and plant associations to diversification across Coleoptera. The calibrated tree is a model of sampled lineages, not a direct fossil date for beetle origin or a complete order history.
claim:taxon:coleopteraZhao et al. compare Permian and Triassic beetle elytra from a bounded fossil sample, while McKenna et al. sample 373 living beetles spanning about 67% of families; these records do not constitute a complete geographic distribution for Coleoptera.
claim:taxon:coleoptera:biogeographyMcKenna et al. use a 373-taxon genomic sample to test beetle relationships and diversification, while Zhao et al. add a fossil elytral sample; the resulting classification is a sampled hypothesis rather than a complete or final Coleoptera taxonomy.
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