removes tips and lineages after a time in the past
timeTravelPhy(phy, node, nodeEstimate, timeCut, traits = TRUE)An object of class "phylo" (see ape package).
nodes arising more recently than the cut time
trait the number of descendants arising from the nodes
position at which to cut the phylogeny
Logical. Include trait values in the output tree
the pruned phylogeny and a 'tipObject' of the number of lineages found in the pruned branches
Puttick, M. N., Kriwet, J., Wen, W., Hu, S., Thomas, G. H., & Benton, M. J. (2017). Body length of bony fishes was not a selective factor during the biggest mass extinction of all time. Palaeontology, 60, 727-741.