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Table 1 Median divergence time estimates obtained with various models and a single morphological clock

From: Sphenodontian phylogeny and the impact of model choice in Bayesian morphological clock estimates of divergence times and evolutionary rates

FBD model

Sampling strategy

Full model

Root

Sphenodontia

Sphenodontinae

Eilenodontinae

M

Rng HPD

M

Rng HPD

M

Rng HPD

M

Rng HPD

FBD

All sampling priors

FossilTip+IGR

307.3

71.1

262.8

57.5

191.3

19.8

165.5

36.5

FossilTip+TK02

293.6

69.8

262.7

60.9

189.6

17.1

168.3

40.9

Random+IGR

330.8

94.3

290.4

80.8

191.2

21.9

165.5

38.1

Random+TK02

335.2

91.2

293.1

78.3

188.9

16.4

161.1

30.4

Diversity+IGR

326.4

89.7

286.8

78.1

191

21.2

165.2

37.4

Diversity+TK02

329.7

87.8

289.5

75.6

189

16.7

161.3

30.2

NoSA_Diversity+IGR

303.8

67.6

260.2

55

191.1

18.9

165.1

35.5

NoSA_Diversity+TK02

289.4

62.1

259.5

56.3

189.4

16.4

167.9

40

SFBD

NoSA diversity

SFBD(s)2l+IGR

297.4

60.8

255.3

50.0

190.8

18.0

165.0

34.4

SFBD(s)3l+IGR

298.7

63.3

256.3

51.2

190.8

18.3

165.0

34.5

SFBD (sdr)2l+IGR

305.3

77.9

261.7

63.2

191.5

20.6

167.4

40.6

SFBD(s)2l+TK02*

279.7

51.1

251.3

48.6

189.0

15.1

168.7

39.4

SFBD(s)3l+TK02

281.5

53.3

252.8

50.0

189.0

15.3

168.6

39.3

SFBD (sdr)2l+TK02

282.1

60.9

253.5

56.3

189.2

16.4

170.6

41.9

  1. Results obtained under the FBD (top) and the skyline FBD (SFBD) tree model (bottom) with distinct taxon sampling strategies and relaxed clock models. The SFBD analyses are focused on the optimal sampling strategy (NoSA diversity). Median values are reported given the very broad and skewed 95% HPD distributions. Values in bold highlight divergence times in stronger agreement with the fossil record (e.g., within the Permian for the root age), which also have narrower 95% HPD ranges. Abbreviations: M median value for node age, Rng HPD range between lower and upper bound values for the 95% HPD. *Model combination with the most precise (smallest 95% HPD range) and conservative (greatest agreement with the fossil record) root age estimate under a single morphological partition