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Paraphyly — A cladogram showing a hypothetical descent from an ancestor species of the clade vertebrata.[1] Note that cladograms do not necessarily correspond to taxonomic classifications. In this one, Sauropsida are a paraphyletic group. It can be made… … Wikipedia
paraphyly — a taxon that does not include all descendants from the common ancestor of its members … Dictionary of ichthyology
Monophyly — A monophyly Comparison of phylogenetic groups, showing a monophy … Wikipedia
Cladistics — For the scientific journal, see Cladistics (journal). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology … Wikipedia
Clade — For other uses, see Clade (disambiguation). Cladogram (family tree) of a biological group. The red and blue boxes represent clades (i.e., complete branches). The green box is not a clade, but rather represents an evolutionary grade, an incomplete … Wikipedia
Sponge — This article is about the aquatic animal. For the porous cleaning tool, see Sponge (material). For other uses, see Sponge (disambiguation). Sponge Temporal range: Ediacaran–Recent … Wikipedia
Antbird — Taxobox name = Antbirds image width = 250px image caption = Bicoloured Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Tyranni familia = Thamnophilidae familia authority = Swainson,… … Wikipedia
Tapaculo — Taxobox name = Tapaculos image width = 240px image caption = Crested Gallito, Rhinocrypta lanceolata regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Tyranni familia = Formicariidae (but see below) subdivision… … Wikipedia
Formicariidae — Taxobox name = Ground antbirds image width = 250px image caption = Striated Antthrush regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Tyranni familia = Formicariidae familia authority = Gray… … Wikipedia
Rhizaria — Taxobox fossil range = Neoproterozoic Recent image width = 200px image caption = Live Ammonia tepida (Foraminifera) domain = Eukaryota regnum = Rhizaria regnum authority = Cavalier Smith, 2002 subdivision ranks = Phyla subdivision = Cercozoa… … Wikipedia
