Data supporting the study: Multiple dating methods and insights from the fossil record reveal that bark beetles predate the angiosperm terrestrial revolution

Estimating the time origin of a given clade is not trivial. Most dating studies rely on a node dating approach, which is highly sensitive to fossil placement uncertainties. A perfect example of that can be found in bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Molecular dating of the subfamily has mostly been anchored to a single fossil, †Cylindrobrotus pectinatus (125.77–121.4 Ma). Although this fossil is often used as a calibration point on the stem node of the subfamily, its phylogenetic position has never been rigorously tested through formal analyses, casting uncertainty over previous estimates. Here, we rely on total-evidence dating, integrating morphological and molecular data along with 19 well-preserved scolytine fossils, to refine the divergence time estimates of the subfamily. We additionally used a traditional node dating approach, as well as the Bayesian Brownian Bridge model, to independently analyze species-level fossil occurrences of Scolytinae and compared our results. Unde..., , , Title of the Dataset:

# Data from: The Origin of Bark Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Predates the Cretaceous Angiosperm Radiation

Corresponding author:\
Name: Ferreira Jules\
Institution: Institut Botànic de Barcelona (CSIC-CMCNB), 08038 Barcelona, Spain

Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain\
Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

## File S1. Morphological and molecular matrices used in this study.

### Description

Files containing molecular and morphological data used in phylogenetic analyses.

These data are derived from Jordal et al. (2011), Jordal and Cognato (2012) and Pistone et al. (2018). We also modified the morphological matrix by adding new taxa.

## File S2. MrBayes input files and trees realised before total-evidence dated and node dated analyses in order to determine the best priors.

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These results were obtained before doing TED and ND analyses. They provide ..., ,