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| The Megacladogram; A cladogram of everything | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 28 2015, 11:09 AM (747 Views) | |
| Dromaeosaurus | Sep 28 2015, 11:09 AM Post #1 |
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Haemothermic orthostatic matrotrophic lexiphanic deuterostome
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A little thing I've been working on over the last two months... Warning: HUGE image. I really mean it. It's a cladogram that connectes 400 living species from all domains and kingdoms over geological time. This is the original description on the DeviantArt page:
I admit it's a bit unwieldy, and early drafts were even worse, aven after I decided to remove extinct species. What do the experts of taxonomy say? Is it accurate? Is the species number graph? Is there something missing? |
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| Carlos | Sep 28 2015, 11:28 AM Post #2 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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I must say I'm impressed. It is one of the most up-to-date modern species based cladograms I've ever seen. |
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| Dromaeosaurus | Sep 28 2015, 11:33 AM Post #3 |
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Haemothermic orthostatic matrotrophic lexiphanic deuterostome
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Good think I saw your thread about marsupial moles not being marsupials before having to redraw half of the mammal tree... |
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| Carlos | Sep 28 2015, 11:46 AM Post #4 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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Indeed. In relation to actual marsupials, I do think that the cladogram could have Paucituberculata and Peremelomorphia in it, but it's probably crowded as it is. |
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| IIGSY | Oct 29 2016, 07:46 PM Post #5 |
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A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do
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I know this is old, but aren't mesozoans proven to be lophotrochozoa? |
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| Ivan_The_Inedible | Oct 30 2016, 01:02 AM Post #6 |
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There are some who call me... Spencer.
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But uh, I'm pretty sure the placement of mesozoans isn't known for sure beyond being eumetazoans. |
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