These synapomorphies include the presence of vessel elements, double fertilization, a double integument, and a reduction or loss of archegonia [ 14].
A later study by paleontologists Andrew B. Heckert and Spencer G. Lucas in 1999 expanded the number of synapomorphies that diagnose Aetosauria to 18. New synapomorphies included temporal fenestrae, or holes, that opened on the side of the skull rather than the top, lateral osteoderms articulating with the paramedians, and osteoderms covering the limbs.
Less inclusive clades within Carcharodontosauridae are supported by ambiguously optimized synapomorphies, including several newly recognized characters from the re-description of NCSM 14345.
Thus, it is worth noting that every synapomorphy included in a completely correct translation of the branching structure was placed in the correct location.
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Previous signal and noise analyses [ 56, 57] have not distinguished true synapomorphy vs. apparent synapomorphy and include both as support for the correct quartet topology.
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Second, when the ladder format is used, it is critical that synapomorphies be included to define branching points and associated clades and that the meaning and importance of these characters be clearly conveyed.
However, if markers of the historical narrative producing the relationships depicted by phylogenetic tree, the traits we call synapomorphies, are included, students comprehend the message being depicted far better, regardless of the details of the structure of the tree.
