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Table 1 Time of emergence of hemipteroid insects and some warm blooded vertebrates

From: Evolution of hematophagous habit in Triatominae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Era

Period

Epoch

Date (Ma)

Originated group (Ma)

Cenozoic

Quaternary

Holocene

0.012

Triatomines domiciliation

Pleistocene

2.6

 

Neogene

Pliocene

5.3

Miocene

23

(Nidicolous vertebrates diversification)

Paleogene

Oligocene

34

 

Eocene

55

Paleocene

65

Triatominae (≈32 to 110)a

Mesozoic

Cretaceous

 

144

Birds (≈150)

Jurassic

 

206

Mammals (≈200)

Triassic

 

250

 
    

Reduviidae (≈230)

Paleozoic

Permian

 

290

Hemiptera (≈300)

Carboniferous

 

354

 

Devonian

 

417

 

Silurian

 

443

 

Ordovician

 

490

 

Cambrian

 

543

 
  1. The geological data correspond to millions of years (Ma). aThere is a broad debate about the date of origin of Triatominae; for more information, see the text.