Re: Strange thoughts on PN - was Re: BAD vs. BADD

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Martin Baeker wrote:

> So you do not recognise that a dipnoan looks much more like a trout than it 
> does like a bird.

A dipnoan also looks much more like an amphioxus or a shark than it does a 
bird.

> I think that sharing lots of primitive characters, although useless in 
> reconstructing a phylogeny, is still a recognizable feature that is useful.

Useful for what?

Cheers

Tim