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Laysan rail (Porzana palmeri)

I've long wanted to get the Laysan rail article up to snuff, and I just noticed a DNA analysis has recently been published. If you look at figure 2 here[1], could we get the clusters of species marked with "x"es (and the adjecent ones that aren't marked)? The most inclusive clade that includes Porzana monasa and Porzana parva... Thanks! FunkMonk (talk) 20:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Did you mean least? Most would mean the entire tree... and beyond... :) Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 22:59, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Least! Maybe I should just take a screenshot, or do you know what part I mean? FunkMonk (talk) 01:24, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

	Amaurornis olivieri Amaurornis bicolor Porzana sandwichensis Porzana atra Porzana tabuensis Porzana monasa Porzana parva Porzana pusilla 1 Porzana pusilla 2 Porzana palmeri

Done ;) Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 03:08, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, that's exactly the part I meant! FunkMonk (talk) 03:33, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Prognathodon and Mosasauridae

So I have been working on the Prognathodon article and the largest gap remaining is probably the classification section. The current cladogram in the article is from 2012 and several analyses have been done since then. The most recent studies on mosasaur phylogeny are these two: [2] and [3] and I think a cladogram based on either would be good. One on Prognathodon would probably do best in being collapsed to only show the Mosasaurinae and featuring as many species of the genus as possible due to its paraphyletic nature. I would also like to request a tree on the Mosasauridae as a whole, since the one in the Mosasaur article is from 2013 and has some glaring discrepancies with the latest ones. Thanks in advance! Ichthyovenator (talk) 15:56, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Good work on the article! I'll get on the cladogram; do you have any preference which cladogram in particular between the two papers should be used? You obviously know mosasaurs better than I do, so you'd be better at deciding which would be better. Lusotitan 16:11, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Both papers utilize the same character set (which makes the discrepancies, e.g. the phylogeny of the Plioplatecarpinae, between them a bit weird), but I think the cladogram used in fig. 5 and 6 in the second paper ([4]) would be the best one to go with. Ichthyovenator (talk) 18:30, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

NOTE: This is the poorly-supported Bayesian tree, and it has a (mostly) monophyletic Prognathodon! Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 19:46, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Mosasaurinae

Dallasaurus turneri Clidastes liodontus Clidastes moorevillensis Globidensini Globidens dakotensis Globidens alabamaensis Mosasaurini Plesiotylosaurus crassidens Mosasaurus conodon Mosasaurus missouriensis Plotosaurus bennisoni Mosasaurus hoffmanni Prognathodon rapax Prognathodon overtoni Prognathodon saturator Prognathodon solvayi Prognathodon currii Prognathodon waiparaensis Prognathodon kianda Eremiasaurus heterodontus

Mosasauridae

Russelosaurina Tethysaurinae Tethysaurus nopcsai Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus Yaguarasaurinae Russellosaurus coheni Romeosaurus fumanensis Tylosaurinae Tylosaurus nepaeolicus Tylosaurus proriger Tylosaurus bernardi Taniwhasaurus oweni Taniwhasaurus antarcticus Plioplatecarpinae Angolasaurus bocagei Selmasaurus johnsoni Ectenosaurus clidastoides Plesioplatecarpus planifrons Latoplatecarpus willistoni Plioplatecarpus spp. Platecarpus tympaniticus Halisaurinae Eonatator sternbergii Halisaurus platyspondylus Mosasaurinae Dallasaurus turneri Clidastes liodontus Clidastes moorevillensis Globidensini Globidens dakotensis Globidens alabamaensis Mosasaurini Plesiotylosaurus crassidens Mosasaurus conodon Mosasaurus missouriensis Plotosaurus bennisoni Mosasaurus hoffmanni Prognathodon rapax Prognathodon overtoni Prognathodon saturator Prognathodon solvayi Prognathodon currii Prognathodon waiparaensis Prognathodon kianda Eremiasaurus heterodontus

Shoot! Would the cladogram in fig. 7 be a better option? My knowledge of phylogenetic analyses is (as evident) slightly subpar, so if not you should just go with the best supported tree. Ichthyovenator (talk) 13:07, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Mm, I will defer to IJReid on this one... Lythronaxargestes (talk | contribs) 17:54, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Heres my attempt at the full Mosasauridae phylogeny (Mosasaurini relationships are the same as above). Maximum Likelihood tree direct from Simões et al 2017. I'd go with this one because it lacks the odd quirks of Bayesian analysis (such as prioritizing geological age over phylogeny) and it has fewer polytomies than normal Maximum Parsimony analysis. This phylogeny also has more taxa than those of Cau above. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 23:45, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Mosasauridae

Russelosaurina Tethysaurinae Tethysaurus nopcsai Pannoniasaurus osii Yaguarasaurinae Yaguarasaurus columbianus Russellosaurus coheni Romeosaurus fumanensis Tylosaurinae Tylosaurus nepaeolicus Tylosaurus bernardi Tylosaurus proriger Taniwhasaurus oweni Taniwhasaurus antarcticus Plioplatecarpinae Angolasaurus bocagei Selmasaurus johnsoni Ectenosaurus clidastoides Plesioplatecarpus planifrons Latoplatecarpus willistoni Platecarpus tympaniticus Plioplatecarpus Halisaurinae Halisaurus platyspondylus Eonatator sternbergi Mosasaurinae Dallasaurus turneri Clidastes liodontus Clidastes moorevillensis Clidastes propython Globidens dakotensis Globidens alabamaensis Prognathodon rapax Prognathodon overtoni Prognathodon saturator Prognathodon currii Prognathodon solvayi Mosasaurini Prognathodon waiparaensis Prognathodon kianda Eremiasaurus heterodontus Plesiotylosaurus crassidens Mosasaurus conodon Mosasaurus missouriensis Mosasaurus hoffmannii Plotosaurus bennisoni

And Mosasaurinae:

Mosasaurinae

Dallasaurus turneri Clidastes liodontus Clidastes moorevillensis Clidastes propython Globidens dakotensis Globidens alabamaensis Prognathodon rapax Prognathodon overtoni Prognathodon saturator Prognathodon currii Prognathodon solvayi Mosasaurini Prognathodon waiparaensis Prognathodon kianda Eremiasaurus heterodontus Plesiotylosaurus crassidens Mosasaurus conodon Mosasaurus missouriensis Mosasaurus hoffmannii Plotosaurus bennisoni

Thanks! I'll add these. Ichthyovenator (talk) 09:10, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Bluebuck modification

Hi, a user added a new cladogram to the bluebuck article (second cladogram), but it is way too inclusive, and should only contain Hippotraginae. Could someone cut off Sheep (Ovis) and Alcelaphinae? Thanks. FunkMonk (talk) 11:20, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Yeah I'll get to that. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 14:04, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Done. How does it look FunkMonk? IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 14:07, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Great, thanks! Good to get rid of all that white space, especially since there are no appropriate images left to fill it out with... FunkMonk (talk) 14:18, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Elasmosaurus

Let's get this going! While working on Elasmosaurus, I noticed we had no specific cladogram showing it. This seems to be one of the most recent ones:[5] (I only need Elasmosauridae) FunkMonk (talk) 05:30, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

I'll whip this one up. IJReid ^discuss 14:36, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Elasmosauridae

Eromangasaurus carinognathus Callawayasaurus colombiensis Libonectes morgani Tuarangisaurus keyesi Thalassomedon haningtoni CM Zfr 115 Hydrotherosaurus alexandrae Futabasaurus suzukii Aristonectinae Kaiwhekea katiki Alexandronectes zealandiensis Morturneria seymourensis Aristonectes parvidens Aristonectes quiriquinensis Elasmosaurinae Terminonatator pointeixensis Elasmosaurus platyurus Albertonectes vanderveldei "Hydralmosaurus serpentinus" Styxosaurus snowii Styxosaurus browni

• Thanks, will add now! FunkMonk (talk) 15:40, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi again, IJReid, I realised the Styxosaurus part of the cladogram might be confusing to readers, and isn't really relevant to the Elasmosaurus article. Do you think you could change the cladogram directly in the Elasmosaurus article so that it only shows species, with Styxosaurus as a single branch? FunkMonk (talk) 00:42, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

How's this? IJReid ^discuss 03:16, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

I'll take it! FunkMonk (talk) 04:29, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

• Hi again, IJReid, I have a question for the double cladograms now placed in Elasmosaurus. As you can see, they now act like they have something that prevents images being placed in the white space on their right side, similar to "clear", so that a huge space is created under the image. Any idea how to make it possible top fill out this space anyway without problems? FunkMonk (talk) 09:25, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeah I've fixed it, I'd used the same method on Europasaurus, you just need to set the columb width to be less than ~90% depending on the image width. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 15:15, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, that's weird! FunkMonk (talk) 15:21, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Stylonurine eurypterids

A lot of the eurypterid articles are missing cladograms, in large part due to the fact that their classification always seems to be undergoing radical changes, but I think this cladogram (link) from this open-access paper (link) which covers one of the two suborders (the Stylonurina) could be adapted for use here. Perhaps the main Stylonurina article could use a large all-inclusive one and trimmed down versions could be used for the various superfamilies and individual genera? Ichthyovenator (talk) 17:58, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Yep, got this. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 00:26, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Stylonurina

Rhenopteridae Brachyopterus Kiaeropterus Brachyopterella Rhenopterinae Alkenopterus Rhenopterus Stylonuroidea Parastylonurus Stylonurella Stylonuridae Pagea Stylonurus Laurieipterinae Laurieipterus Ctenopterus Kokomopteroidea Kokomopteridae Lamontopterus Kokomopterus Hardieopteridae Hardieopterus Tarsopterella Hallipterus Hibbertopteroidea Drepanopterus Hibbertopteridae Cyrtoctenus Hibbertopterus Mycteropidae Woodwardopterus Megarachne Mycterops

• Done Ichthyovenator IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 00:58, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Looks good. Ichthyovenator (talk) 11:35, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Catopsbaatar

Hi, I'm now working on Catopsbaatar, and the most recent cladogram I know that includes it is from 1997. I guess It will have to do, but the paper shows three differen cladograms, perhaps you know which one that would be most appropriate, as I don't know much about how such is evaluated. The PDF is here[6], and the cladograms are on page 236. Perhaps Petter Bøckman knows of something newer, as I think he had some interest in the group. FunkMonk (talk) 18:47, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

I found another analysis from 1997/8 that includes Catopsbaatar [7] and also many more taxa than the other analysis, but it looks like it has fewer Djadchotatheroids. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 01:16, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Hmmm, yeah, I think it's best to use one that has the most close relatives. FunkMonk (talk) 01:34, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Ok I'll make that one. Unlabelled because I can't tell the nodes. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 02:38, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

	Ptilodus
	Buginbaatar Lambdopsalis Taeniolabis Stygimys Eucosmodon Nemegtbaatar Bulganbaatar Kamptobaatar Sloanbaatar Nessovbaatar Chulsanbaatar Kryptobaatar Djadochtatherium Catopsbaatar Tombaatar

• Thanks, now added. Seems Ptilodus is missing from the base, though? FunkMonk (talk) 03:07, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh yeah ok. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 03:12, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Alcione elainus

Normally I draw these myself, but I've been getting out of practice lately, so I decided to just ask here. I was working on recreating the article for the gen. et. sp. nov. Alcione elainus, a nyctosaurid, when out of the blue, I completely forgot how the heck to make a cladogram! Here is a link to the paper. Could some create a cladogram that's just the least inclusive clade including Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus? Thanks in advance. --Slate Weasel (talk | contribs) 11:29, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

base name	Pteranodon longiceps Pteranodon sternbergi Tethydraco Alamodactylus byrdi Volgadraco bogolubovi Cretornis hlavaci Alcione elainus Simurghia robusta Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis Barbaridactylus grandis Nyctosaurus lamegoi Ncytosaurus nanus Nyctosaurus gracilis

Is this what you need?   Jts1882 | talk  13:06, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, thank you for creating this! --Slate Weasel (talk | contribs) 13:50, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Eurypterine eurypterids

So with one eurypterid suborder with a nice cladogram, the other one is lacking a comprehensive one compromising the whole suborder, and with many species and families being without good phylogenetic analyses, a cladogram covering all of the Eurypterina would be useful for both the articles of various clades and for some of the individual genera, such as Eusarcana which I am working on right now. This paper has a comprehensive cladogram on page 565 of eurypterids which would be great for this purpose. The cladogram also features the Stylonurina suborder, but as the stylonurine cladrogram previously put together here and currently in use on wikipedia is more recent and extensive the stylonurine portion of the cladogram might not be strictly necessary to include. Ichthyovenator (talk) 17:03, 19 May 2018 (UTC)

I'll take this up, it'll be a big one. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 02:17, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Eurypterina

Moselopterus ancyclotelson Onychopterella augusti Onychopterella kokomoensis Megalograptus ohioensis Eurypteroidea Buffalopterus pustulosus Syntomopterus richardsoni Strobilopterus princetonii Erieopterus laticeps Eurypterus minor Ruedemannipterus stylonuroides Dolichopterus macrocheirus Dolichopterus jewetti Erieopterus eriensis Erieopterus microphthalmus Eurypterus hankeni Eurypterus dekayi Eurypterus laculatus Eurypterus ornatus Eurypterus serratus Eurypterus leopoldi Eurypterus pittsfordensis Eurypterus henningsmoeni Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Eurypterus remipes Eurypterus lacustris Mixopteroidea Carcinosoma newlini Paracarcinosoma scorpionis Rhinocarcinosoma vaningeni Carcinosoma scoticus Carcinosoma scorpiodes Mixopterus multispinosus Mixopterus simonsoni Mixopterus kiaeri Waeringopteroidea Orcanopterus manitoulinensis Waeringopterus cumberlandicus Waeringopterus apfeli Grossopterus inexpectans Grossopterus overathi Adelophthalmoidea Nanahughmilleria patteni Pittsfordipterus phelpsae Bassipterus virginicus Nanahughmilleria norvegica Parahughmilleria hefteri Adelophthalmus sievertsi Adelophthalmus mansfieldi Adelophthalmus luceroensis Adelophthalmus mazonensis Adelophthalmus moyseyi Adelophthalmus dumonti Pterygotoidea Hughmilleria wangi Hughmilleria socialis Hughmilleria shawangunk Herefordopterus banksii Slimonia acuminata Pterygotus ventricosus Pterygotus anglicus Jaekelopterus rhenaniae Acutiramus macrophthalmus Acutiramus bohemicus Erettopterus bilobus Erettopterus serricaudatus Erettopterus osiliensis Erettopterus waylandsmithi

I added a few extra clades to the cladogram above to reduce the horizontal stretching by unmatched labels. Take your pick.   Jts1882 | talk  07:21, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! I will put this one to use. Ichthyovenator (talk) 10:09, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Simplification at Thalassodromeus

Could the cladogram at Thalassodromeus be simplified so that Chaoyangopterinae and Tapejarinae don't show subtaxa? Those are not necessary to show here. Thanks. FunkMonk (talk) 13:37, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm not sure deleting all the subtaxa is a good idea. There is some value in seeing the relationship between genera in the same family. I'd be inclined to collapse the terminals to genera in the other subfamilies.

Azhdarchoidea	Azhdarchidae Tapejaridae Thalassodrominae Thalassodromeus sethi Tupuxuara deliradamus Tupuxuara leonardii Chaoyangopterinae Jidapterus Shenzhoupterus Chaoyangopterus Tapejarinae Sinopterus Huaxiapterus Tapejara Tupandactylus

Azhdarchoidea	Azhdarchidae Tapejaridae Thalassodrominae Thalassodromeus sethi Tupuxuara deliradamus Tupuxuara leonardii Chaoyangopterinae Tapejarinae

Take your pick.   Jts1882 | talk  16:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, yeah, it is certainly valuable to show taxa within other subfamilies in the higher taxon Tapejaridae article, but not really in the specific genus article. Thalassodromeus is equally removed from everything in the other subfamilies, so showing each genus is redundant. FunkMonk (talk) 17:41, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

On second thoughts, it is always nice to be able to click through some related articles, so I might take the larger one, thanks. FunkMonk (talk) 17:46, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Chelicerate groups

I'm working on Strabops and I would need the cladogram on page 229 of this document. Super Ψ Dro 09:37, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

I'll get on it promptly Super Dromaeosaurus. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 22:37, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

	Aglaspida Strabops Paleomerus Neostrabops Triopus Duslia Pseudarthron Cheloniellon Lemoneites Weinbergina Bunodes Kasibelinurus Xiphosurida Diploaspis Chasmataspis Eurypterida Scorpiones Other arachnids

Thank you! But I wonder if it's possible to make it wider, I think that looks a bit odd. Super Ψ Dro 10:46, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

I made it a bit longer Super Dromaeosaurus IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 14:48, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Now it's perfect! Thank you. Super Ψ Dro 15:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Incidentally, another way of stretching the cladograms is to use "blank" labels using a span element with a set width.

	leaf A1 leaf A2 leaf B

You can set the width in em or px. You only need to set the width for the first child element in each clade.   Jts1882 | talk  17:12, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

I would recommend using em widths that are multiples of 1.5, as that is the normal width of a clade template branch, and thus the changes are minimal in overall proportions. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 23:10, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Mauritius owl

Hi, could a cladogram based on figure 2 here[8] (it is on scihub) be made, restricted to the clade that has Otus longicornis and Otus mirus at the base (excluding Otus pembaensis and everything more basal than it)? FunkMonk (talk) 02:28, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Here you go. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 04:50, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

	Otus mirus Otus longicornis Otus murivorus Otus capnodes Otus moheliensis Otus mayottensis Otus insularis Otus sunia Otus sauzieri Otus pauliani Otus rutilus madagascariensis Otus rutilus rutilus

Thanks! Out of curiosity, as it doesn't make much difference, is there any reason why the placement of the branches are inverted compared to the figure? FunkMonk (talk) 04:56, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

I just find it more simplistic to reconstruct in a fully linear way, instead of the branching method in the paper. I always have the largest subclades at the bottom, for no reason other than style and simplicity. IJReid ^{{{T - C - D - R}}} 14:37, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Cuban macaw

Hi, a DNA analysis of the extinct Cuban macaw has finally been published, could a cladogram be made based on fig 1 here[9] (can be found on scihub)? It should be the clade that includes Orthopsittaca manilatus (excluding everything outside). FunkMonk (talk) 08:32, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

I will have look. Loopy30 (talk) 21:15, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Here it is. Do you really want the subspecies (Ara militaris mexicanus) included too? What about combining the two Ara tricolor entries? Loopy30 (talk) 22:22, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

	Ara tricolor NRM 569592 Ara tricolor NRM 523094 Ara militaris mexicanus Ara militaris Ara macao Ara severus Ara ararauna Ara glaucogularis Primolius couloni Primolius maracana Orthopsittaca manilatus

Thanks, yeah, an alternate version with the simplifications you mention could be nice. FunkMonk (talk) 04:45, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Here is the simplified version then:

	Ara tricolor Ara militaris Ara macao Ara severus Ara ararauna Ara glaucogularis Primolius couloni Primolius maracana Orthopsittaca manilatus

I think this one would be a better version for use in a species-level article. 'Cheers, Loopy30 (talk) 12:52, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, it will go on the front page in December, so nice to have this done before (the paper just came out, good timing). FunkMonk (talk) 13:23, 24 November 2018 (UTC)

Xixiasaurus

I am currently working on Xixiasaurus, which could use a more up to date cladogram. Could one based on fig. 14 in this[10] paper be made? It should only include Trooodontidae. FunkMonk (talk) 23:24, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Here you go. Do you also want to include the label Sinovenatorinae? Loopy30 (talk) 04:20, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, nah, the other clade names aren't listed either anyway. I wonder if a version could be made that excludes Anchiornis and its allies? It is uncertain whether that group even belongs in Troodontidae, so maybe best to keep them out, since they aren't the focus here anyway. FunkMonk (talk) 04:25, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Is the second one what you wanted?   Jts1882 | talk  10:26, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Eosinopteryx brevipenna Anchiornis huxleyi Aurornis xui Xiaotingia zhengi MPC-D 100/44 Byronosaurus jaffei Xixiasaurus henanensis IGM 100/1323 IGM 100/1126 Jinfengopteryx elegans Mei long Sinovenator changii Daliansaurus liaoningensis Sinusonasus magnodens Sinornithoides youngi Troodon formosus Zanabazar junior Saurornithoides mongolien

MPC-D 100/44 Byronosaurus jaffei Xixiasaurus henanensis IGM 100/1323 IGM 100/1126 Jinfengopteryx elegans Mei long Sinovenator changii Daliansaurus liaoningensis Sinusonasus magnodens Sinornithoides youngi Troodon formosus Zanabazar junior Saurornithoides mongolien

Thanks, added the simplified one! FunkMonk (talk) 14:54, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Onychopterella

I am working on Onychopterella and I will be moving to its relatives so I would need a cladogram that is disponible in the page 62 of this paper (needs download). Thanks in advance. Super Ψ Dro 11:42, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

The following is using Fig 20b, without the outgroups. I'll leave you to add the formating for italics and wikilinks.   Jts1882 | talk  13:22, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Brachyopterus stubblefieldi Rhenopterus diensti Parastylonurus omatus Stoermeropterus nodosus Stoermeropterus latus Stoermeropterus conicus Vinetopterus martini Vinetopterus struvei Moselopterus ancylotelson Moselopterus elongatus Onychopterella augusti Onychopterella kokomoensis Tylopterella boylei Dolichopterus macrocheirus Strobilopterus princetonii Eurypterus remipes Erieopterus microphthalmus Hughmilleria socialis Megalograptus ohioensis Mixopterus kiaeri

Great! Thanks! Super Ψ Dro 14:08, 22 December 2018 (UTC)