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Table 3 List of fossils associated with the genus Acomys used in the divergence dating. The offset and mean represent the specification of lognormal priors used for the calibration of molecular clock. All fossil constrains were used as a crown

From: Multiple radiations of spiny mice (Rodentia: Acomys) in dry open habitats of Afro-Arabia: evidence from a multi-locus phylogeny

Fossil

MRCA

Locality

Author

Age (Ma)

Offset

Mean

Preacomys kikiae

Acomys

Chorora, Ethiopia

Geraads (2001, 2002); Suwa et al., (2015)

8.5

8.5

1.0

Acomys I. Geoffroy

cahirinus + wilsoni + russatus

Lemudong’o, Kenya

Manthi (2007); Manthi and Ambrose (2007)

6.08–6.12

6.08

1.0

Acomys spinosissimus Peters

spinosissimus

Transvaal, South Africa

Denys (1999)

3

3

1.0