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Which trait do all the organisms in this phylogeny have in common? Common ancestor of vertebrates + A B Myxini (hagfishes) Petromyzontida (lampreys) Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, chimaeras) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) C Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi D (lungfishes) E Tetrapoda (amphibians, reptiles, mammals)

          Which trait do all the organisms in this phylogeny have in common?
Common
ancestor of
vertebrates
+
A
B
Myxini
(hagfishes)
Petromyzontida
(lampreys)
Chondrichthyes
(sharks, rays,
chimaeras)
Actinopterygii
(ray-finned fishes)
C
Actinistia
(coelacanths)
Dipnoi
D
(lungfishes)
E
Tetrapoda
(amphibians,
reptiles,
mammals)

Which trait do all the organisms in this phylogeny have in common?
Common
ancestor of
vertebrates
+
A
B
Myxini
(hagfishes)
Petromyzontida
(lampreys)
Chondrichthyes
(sharks, rays,
chimaeras)
Actinopterygii
(ray-finned fishes)
C
Actinistia
(coelacanths)
Dipnoi
D
(lungfishes)
E
Tetrapoda
(amphibians,
reptiles,
mammals)

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Which trait do all the organisms in this phylogeny have in common? Common ancestor of vertebrates + A B Myxini (hagfishes) Petromyzontida (lampreys) Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, chimaeras) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) C Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi D (lungfishes) E Tetrapoda (amphibians, reptiles, mammals)