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An extreme paraphyletic situation
Take an extreme paraphyletic situation just for discussion purposes: ((AB)C . . . where A and B are terminal on a clade and C is just below them (as nearest neighbor). A and C are exemplars of one species. B is ...

Paraphyletic
Paraphyletic is becoming more popular. The latest statistics show that . . .

Odontochelys, a transitional turtle - The Panda's Thumb
However, I believe that it is the lineage leading to mammals which is one of the reasons why Reptilia should be regarded as a paraphyletic group (I'm not someone with a background in vertebrate systematics, so will defer to others who ...

So, I went to Costa Rica…
The problem with this is it makes US/Caribbean anoles (Anolis) paraphyletic as Caribbean anoles are closer related to Central American anoles than to US anoles. In order to break down groups of anoles into smaller groups, ...

Mite-in-a-Box
The Mixonomata includes dichoid and ptychoid forms, and has been suggested to be paraphyletic to a holoid clade formed by the other two taxa. In turn, the Desmonomata are probably paraphyletic with regards to the Circumdehiscentiae. ...

Phylogenetic Nomenclature - Oui ou Non?
One of the main complaints about phylogenetic nomenclature is that it effectively eliminates the possibility of paraphyletic taxa. Take the classic example of Reptilia (reptiles), a paraphyletic "class" that actually includes the ...

UCLA ESS 17 FAQs: Why are "fish" paraphyletic?
It asks why fish are a paraphyletic group. The answer is because they don't include tetrapods, but I don't understand why tetrapods have anything to do with this. A: To answer this lets look at why fish are not a monophyletic group. ...

Fish taxonomic classes
Many of the taxa listed do not match traditional classes because several of those classes are paraphyletic. Different attempts to organize the profusion of chordate clades into a small number of groups, some with and some without ...

Remipedia
mind you in thus study both hexapods and crustaceans were paraphyletic! Since none of the other studies reach any consistent placement, let's look at morphology. Unexpectedly, remipedes have an order of magnitude more neurons than other ...

Castoridae
†Migmacastor; Subfamily †Agnotocastorinae (paraphyletic). Tribe †Agnotocastorini. †Agnotocastor; †Neatocastor. Tribe †Anchitheriomyini. †Anchitheriomys; †Propalaeocastor; †Oligotheriomys. Subfamily †Palaeocastorinae ...