- In phylogenetics,
basal is the
direction of the base (or root) of a
rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram. The term may be more
strictly applied only to...
- the
protostomes and the deuterostomes. It is
often suggested that the
basalmost bilaterians are the Xenacoelomorpha, with all
other bilaterians belonging...
- as stem-group caimans, but
Walter et al. (2022)
recovered them as the
basalmost alligatorines based on
phylogenetic analysis and
claimed that the earliest...
- part of this subgenus, but
genomic analyses show that it is
actually the
basalmost member of the
closely related subgenus Soterosaurus, also
known as the...
-
generally find more
recent (Late
Carboniferous to Permian) age for the
basalmost divergence among lissamphibians. The
earliest known salamander-line lissamphibian...
-
Pachyrostra was coined,
uniting the two genera;
Achelousaurus is the
basalmost pachyrostran.
Shared derived traits (or synapomorphies) of the
group are...
- a
sister taxon of
Metriacanthosauridae or Allosauria, or even as the
basalmost carcharodontosaurian. In 2024,
Saurophaganax was re****essed as a dubious...
-
Poekilopleuron as an afrovenatorine,
while Xuanhanosaurus was
recovered as the
basalmost metriacanthosaurid. However, the
position of
these taxa is very unstable...
-
Modern placement Menuridae:
lyrebirds Basalmost P****eri,
close to
Atrichornithidae Atrichornithidae: scrub-birds
Basalmost P****eri,
close to
Menuridae Climacteridae:...
- as a
sister taxon of
Metriacanthosauridae or Allosauria, or even as a
basalmost carcharodontosaurian. Re-evaluation of the ****igned
specimens in a 2024...