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Diversification dynamics of mammalian clades during the K - Pg mass extinction

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Author(s):
Pires, Mathias M. [1, 2] ; Rankin, Brian D. [3] ; Silvestro, Daniele [4, 5] ; Quental, Tiago B. [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Ecol, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Biol Anim, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, UCMP, Berkeley, CA 94720 - USA
[4] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Biol & Environm Sci, Gothenburg - Sweden
[5] Gothenburg Global Biodivers Ctr, Gothenburg - Sweden
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: BIOLOGY LETTERS; v. 14, n. 9 SEP 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

The Cretaceous/Palaeogene (K - Pg) episode is an iconic mass extinction, in which the diversity of numerous clades abruptly declined. However, the responses of individual clades to mass extinctions may be more idiosyncratic than previously understood. Here, we examine the diversification dynamics of the three major mammalian clades in North America across the K - Pg. Our results show that these clades responded in dramatically contrasting ways to the K-Pg event. Metatherians underwent a sudden rise in extinction rates shortly after the K - Pg, whereas declining origination rates first halted diversification and later drove the loss of diversity in multituberculates. Eutherians experienced high taxonomic turnover near the boundary, with peaks in both origination and extinction rates. These findings indicate that the effects of geological episodes on diversity are context dependent and that mass extinctions can affect the diversification of clades by independently altering the extinction regime, the origination regime or both. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 12/04072-3 - The role of extinction and speciation rates, and the effect of different levels of biological organization on the origin and maintenance of biodiversity
Grantee:Tiago Bosisio Quental
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
FAPESP's process: 13/22016-6 - The role of immigration on diversification dynamics of North American mammals
Grantee:Mathias Mistretta Pires
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 15/15251-4 - Modeling the ecological determinants of macroevolutionary dynamics
Grantee:Mathias Mistretta Pires
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor