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The 13 pages that link to Synapomorphy, each with the reason it gives.

• PhylogeneticsRelated: It is the character pattern most directly used to identify clades.

• CladisticsBroader topic: These shared derived traits provide the principal evidence for grouping taxa.

• HomologyRelated: A shared derived homology can diagnose a clade.

• Evolution of birdsRelated: Shared derived features help identify which dinosaurs belong on the bird lineage.

• CladeRelated: Synapomorphies help identify and diagnose clades.

• Stem groupRelated: Shared derived traits help place fossils on the branch leading toward a crown group.

• Biological classificationBroader topic: Synapomorphies provide the key evidence for recognizing clades.

• CetartiodactylaRelated: Shared derived traits help identify evolutionary relationships within the clade.

• EutheriaRelated: Shared derived characters support hypotheses about which fossils belong on the eutherian branch.

• Pterosaur classificationRelated: Such traits help distinguish proposed pterosaur clades from neighboring branches.

• ExcavataRelated: A convincing shared derived trait would support Excavata’s unity.

• ReptiliomorphaRelated: Shared derived traits help test whether fossil taxa belong on the amniote side of the split.

• MarginocephaliaRelated: Proposed shared skull traits help diagnose Marginocephalia as a clade.