Sentence examples for most basal extinct from inspiring English sources

As one of the primary goals of this study was to break up the "long branches" that separate autapomorphic extant taxa from supraordinal nodes, the oldest and most basal extinct stem taxa of each afrotherian order were sampled, most of which are Eocene in age (i.e., between 55 and 34 million years old).

Unlike most basal angiosperms, A. trichopoda apparently lacks ethereal oils.

Exposure to the sun is the cause of most basal cell cancers; those with fair skin are more susceptible.

Patranomodon is the most basal anomodont.

The transverse process projects posterolaterally, resembles the morphology of most basal sauropodomorphs.

In the most basal forms, the dome was not thick but flat.

In business, some entrepreneurs view success in its most basal format.

The most basal group is Echinosteliida.

The most basal deinonychosaurs were very small.

It plays into our most basal instincts, like watching a soap populated by cavemen.

Five carnivoramorphans were added: one basal extinct taxon (†Vulpavus), and within Carnivora two extant feliforms (Nandinia and Felis), and two extant caniforms (Canis and Ailurus).