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==Classification== |
==Classification== |
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The following [[cladogram]] follows an analysis by Fischer and colleagues in 2017, based on a dataset published by Benson and Druckenmiller in 2014<ref name="benson2014"/> that was previously modified for the description of ''[[Makhaira |
The following [[cladogram]] follows an analysis by Fischer and colleagues in 2017, based on a dataset published by Benson and Druckenmiller in 2014<ref name="benson2014"/> that was previously modified for the description of ''[[Makhaira (plesiosaur)|Makhaira]]'' in 2015.<ref name="makhaira"/> Due to the completeness of ''Luskhan'', its position is based on scorings for 74% of the characteristics listed in the dataset. In the strict consensus of the 20,000 most [[Occam's razor|parsimonious]] [[phylogenetic tree]]s recovered, ''Makhaira'' forms a [[polytomy]] with ''Pliosaurus'' species, instead of forming a [[clade]] with other brachauchenines; however, in the consensus of the 24 most parsimonious trees, it is the most [[basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] brachauchenine, with ''Luskhan'' being the next most basal brachauchenine.<ref name="desc"/> |
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