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Raising the Standard in Fossil Calibration

The Fossil Calibration Database is a curated collection of well-justified calibrations, including many published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica. We also promote best practices for justifying fossil calibrations and citing calibrations properly.

CLADE SUBMITTED: Cetacea
nameToSourceNodeInfo('Cetacea') return this node_data:
Array ( [taxonid] => 9721 [source] => NCBI )
nameToMultitreeID('Cetacea') returns ID:
-1723
QUERY:
SELECT DISTINCT calibration_id FROM calibrations_by_NCBI_clade WHERE clade_root_multitree_id = '-1723' AND calibration_id IN (SELECT CalibrationID FROM calibrations WHERE PublicationStatus = 4)
Adding calibration 260 (inner add-op or non-cladistic search)
'Cetacea':
displayedRelevance: 1 / 1 = 1.00
				
Clade member 33.9–56 Ma Added Oct 24, 2014
Cetacea – from Benton et al. 2015
Benton, M.J., Donoghue, P.C.J., Asher, R.A., Friedman, M., Near, T.J., and Vinther, J. 2015. Constraints on the timescale of animal evolutionary history. Palaeontologia Electronica, 18.1.1FC.   more »
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