Was southern Central America an archipelago or a peninsula in the middle Miocene? A test using land-mammal body size

By M. Kirby, Bruce J. MacFadden. 2005

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Subfields: Anthropology, Geometry and Topology, Paleontology

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Testing geological models of evolution of the Isthmus of Panama in a phylogenetic framework (2013, unknown): “These results together with a geologically older formation of the Isthmus of Panama are consistent with other studies on Neotropical palms (Cuenca, Asmussen-Lange & Borchsenius, 2008; Roncal et al Stewart, 1965; Kirby & MacFadden, 2005; Kirby et al .”
Using regional comparative phylogeographic data from snake lineages to infer historical processes in Middle America (2010, background): “There is also evidence implying that a continuous peninsular landmass connected Honduras with modern day Costa Rica during the Miocene (Kirby and MacFadden 2005, Kirby et al. 2008), contrasting a hypothesis that this region comprised a set of islands interconnected by shallow waters during the…”
Phylogeny and comparative phylogeography of Sclerurus (Aves: Furnariidae) reveal constant and cryptic diversification in an old radiation of rain forest understorey specialists (2013, background): “Narrow landmasses (Kirby & MacFadden, 2005) and marine gaps occurred in this region during most of the Miocene (Coates & Obando, 1996).”
Comparative phylogeography of pitvipers suggests a consensus of ancient Middle American highland biogeography (2009, background): “It is notable that these estimates of divergence times are collectively consistent with the model of Kirby & MacFadden (2005), corroborating their suggestion of a narrow landmass across the Nicaraguan Depression during the Miocene and Pliocene.”
Molecular phylogeny of Central and South American slider turtles: implications for biogeography and systematics (Testudines: Emydidae: Trachemys) (2012, background): “…Central America was connected with North America and islands existed between the southern Central American land mass and South America, with only the about 100-km-wide Atrato Seaway separating the island chain from South America (Kirby and MacFadden 2005; Kirby et al. 2008; Woodburne 2010).”
Biogeography of the Mesoamerican Cichlidae (Teleostei: Heroini): colonization through the GAARlandia land bridge and early diversification (2013, background): “Studies on fossil mammals of strictly North American affinities collected in central Panama (Kirby & MacFadden, 2005; MacFadden, 2006; Kirby et al., 2008) also suggest that around 19.5– 14 Ma (Middle Miocene) Middle America was a continuous peninsula of North America (or a succession of insular…”