TimeTreeofLife

@OKWildlifeDept Evolutionary timeline of Gar from timetree.org

@JamesAl04100080 Sorry the dates are fishy🐟 These are the studies that contributed to that derived time. There's a new thread on how to find this information if you are ever curious in the future. If you have an updated timetree, please send it to info@timetree.org!

If Apteronotus is 27 million years old that makes it older than the Pebas megawetlands, the vast lacustro-fluvial system that occupied up to 1 million km sq in the Western Amazon from 22-10 Ma.

This will bring up a list of all the studies contributing to the timing of that node...fin

Again, click on the node of interest and in the summary box click "Show Timetable"...4/5

If you are ever curious where TimeTree's times are derived from, you can follow these steps to identify the sources...1/5

@NKWhiteman In case they need inspiration - find the tree at timetree.org!

In honor of #spookyseason...some themed timelines for your timeline! Black Ghost knifefish - Apteronatus albifrons

@TheFishManDan We can also provide our full 130k tree or a subset of say...actinopterygii. Email info@timetree.org

@TTOLv5 You just solved my problem perfectly 😍

Is there an alternative to TreeOfLife to download phylogentic trees that also has branch length information?

@TheFishManDan timetree.org

@dnatimelord At the bottom of the Resources page we have some cool tutorials to help them! timetree.org/resources

I dont think young kids can appreciate the true supercalafragalisticexpialidocious-ness of this. A time tree for 137000 species is entirely mind-blowing

@Melisa_Olave Thanks for the hype!

timetree.org now contains divergence time information on 137,306 species! Time tree 5, just out in Molecular Biology and Evolution academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar…

Happy #WorldLizardDay! Did you know that I can build a timeline of #squamata AND a timetree? Just watch out for those 🐍🐍 Find your favorite at timetree.org

I'm now open access! academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar… P.S. Feed me your published time trees. @MolBioEvol

@acapellascience You can use timetree.org to determine divergence times between all of these organisms! And build a custom (phylogenetic) tree.

someone said that trees aren't a thing phylogenetically and i was like "oh sure palm trees etc must be unrelated" BUT NO your standard OAK is more closely related to a DANDELION than to a GIANT REDEOOD trees are a CONVERGENT GROWTH HABIT, they're the crab of the plant world

@MikaelNiku @anterojarvi Thank you for using TToL! The magnitude and timescale of the Cambrian Explosion is still debated among evolutionary biologists. Our goal isn't to resolve it, but to capture the diversity of opinion among our sources. Happy to answer any questions!

@anterojarvi @TTOLv5 Sattui @TTOLv5 lähteissä silmään juttu, jossa tuumittiin että molekyylikellot ei oikein mätsää Kambrikauden Jytkyyn. Wikipedia-levelin perehtymisellä se saattaa olla osittain myytti, vaikka varmasti hienoa aikaa. Olikos täällä ketään paleontologeja? #Validity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_…

Polulla oli kontiais-vainaa. Sen käpälä on pohjimmiltaan samaa tekoa ja perusmallia kuin minun. 90 miljoonaa vuotta evoluutiota on vain hienosäätänyt raajan kehitystä ohjaavia mekanismeja niin, että sen sopii parhaiten kaivamiseen ja minun twiittaamiseen.

Since we're talking about it again, why don't authors provide links to their results? Why don't publishers provide the space to host the data? (specifically timetree files with branch lengths in years 😉)

@KolmannMA @ICB_journal @jpf_ishes @MasonDeanLab We would love to incorporate those beautiful rays into our TimeTree of Life!