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Taxon vs Autapomorph - What's the difference?

taxon | autapomorph |


As nouns the difference between taxon and autapomorph

is that taxon is (taxonomy) any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies while autapomorph is (cladistics) an organism that possesses a derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.

Taxon vs Teilzone - What's the difference?

taxon | teilzone |


As nouns the difference between taxon and teilzone

is that taxon is (taxonomy) any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies while teilzone is the stratigraphic range of the rock unit between the first and last appearance datum of a particular taxon in a local area, a subset of the global biozone for that taxon.

Taxon vs Multitaxon - What's the difference?

taxon | multitaxon |


As a noun taxon

is (taxonomy) any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies.

As an adjective multitaxon is

involving multiple taxons.

Taxon vs Paraphylum - What's the difference?

taxon | paraphylum |


In taxonomy terms the difference between taxon and paraphylum

is that taxon is any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies while paraphylum is a member of a paraphyletic group of taxons.

Taxon vs Intraclade - What's the difference?

taxon | intraclade |


As a noun taxon

is any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies.

As an adjective intraclade is

within a clade, or monophyletic taxon.

Taxon vs Autapomorphic - What's the difference?

taxon | autapomorphic |


As a noun taxon

is (taxonomy) any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies.

As an adjective autapomorphic is

(biology) describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).

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