Age Estimates for Some Subterranean Taxa and Lineages in the Dinaric Karst

Authors

  • Peter Trontelj Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana
  • Špela Gorički Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana
  • Slavko Polak Notranjski muzej Postojna, Ljubljanska 10, 6230 Postojna
  • Rudi Verovnik Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana
  • Valerija Zakšek Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana
  • Boris Sket Oddelek za biologijo, Biotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v36i1.220

Abstract

Using a comparative phylogeographic approach and different independent molecular clocks we propose a timescale for the evolution of troglobionts in the Dinaric Karst that is relatively consistent over a wide taxonomic range. Keystone events seem to belong to two age classes. (1) Major splits within holodinaric taxa are from the mid-Miocene. They present the potential upper limit for the age of cave invasions. (2) Regional differentiation, including speciation, which can at least in part be associated with a subterranean phase, took place from early Pliocene to mid-Pleistocene. We suggest two to five million years as the time when most of the analyzed lineages started invading the Dinaric Karst underground.

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Published

2007-04-01

How to Cite

Trontelj, P., Gorički, Špela, Polak, S., Verovnik, R., Zakšek, V., & Sket, B. (2007). Age Estimates for Some Subterranean Taxa and Lineages in the Dinaric Karst. Acta Carsologica, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.3986/ac.v36i1.220

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2007)

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Original papers

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