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Table 2 Calibration points used for node time estimates of squaloid sharks

From: Molecular phylogeny of Squaliformes and first occurrence of bioluminescence in sharks

 

Taxon set

Minimum age (Ma)

Soft upper bound (Ma)

Citation

Cp 1

Root age (Squalomorphii)

190

279

[71]

Cp 2

Squaliformes

130

163

[25]

Cp 3

Echinorhinidae, Squatinidae & Pristiophoridae

145

163

[25]

Cp 4

Centrophoridae

89

100

[72]

Cp 5

Dalatiidae

65

100

[25]

Cp 6

Etmopteridae

65

100

[25]

Cp 7

Trigonognathus, Aculeola & Centroscyllium

44.5

100

[26]