Phylogeny of the large extinct South American Canids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) using a “total evidence” approach

@article{Prevosti2010PhylogenyOT,  title={Phylogeny of the large extinct South American Canids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) using a “total evidence” approach},  author={Francisco Juan Prevosti},  journal={Cladistics},  year={2010},  volume={26},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86650539}}
The combination of the phylogenetic analyses, the fossil record and divergence dates estimated in previous works suggests that at least three or four independent lineages of the “South American clade” invaded South America after the establishment of the Panama bridge around 3 million years ago, plus other events corresponding to the immigration of Urocyon and Canis dirus.

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