Here, I combine previously underutilized models and priors to perform more biologically
realistic phylogenetic inference from morphological data, with an example from squamate …

Molecular data offer great potential to resolve the phylogeny of living taxa but can molecular
data improve our understanding of relationships of fossil taxa? Simulations suggest that this …

Squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) are a pivotal group whose relationships have
become increasingly controversial. Squamates include> 9000 species, making them the …

Many phylogenetic analyses, particularly morphological studies, use higher taxa (eg,
genera, families) rather than species as terminal taxa. This general approach requires …

Two common approaches for estimating phylogenies in species-rich groups are to:(i)
sample many loci for few species (eg phylogenomic approach), or (ii) sample many species …

Genomics is narrowing uncertainty in the phylogenetic structure for many amniote groups.
For one of the most diverse and species-rich groups, the squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes …

Bayesian divergence time analyses were used to simultaneously infer the phylogenetic
relationships and date the major clades of snakes including several important fossils that …

Recently, phylogenetics has expanded to routinely include estimation of clade ages in
addition to their relationships. Various dating methods have been used, but their relative …

The emergence of new technologies and improved computing power helped to introduce a
renewed vitality in morphological research in recent decades. This is especially apparent in …

Squamate reptiles are a major component of vertebrate biodiversity whose crown-clade
traces its origin to a narrow window of time in the Mesozoic during which the main subclades …