Performance Task 4: Cladistic Analysis

Animals
Rabbits Starfish Flatworm Crocodiles Jellyfish Ray-finn Sponge Snails Methanococcus
Sets Traits ed fish

1 Cells X X X X X X X X X
2 Possess true X X X X X X X X
nucleus
3 Symmetry X X X X X X X
4 Bilateral X X X X X
Symmetry
5 Mesoderm X X X X X
6 Head X
develops first
7 Anus develops X X X X X
first
8 Vertebrae X X X

9 Bony Skeleton X X X

10 Four limbs X X

11 Amniotic egg X X

12 Eggs with X
shells
Total #of Xs 10 4 6 11 3 8 2 6 1
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Pieces of Information Derived from Cladogram

1. All of the organisms contains cells.

2. Having four limbs and Amniotic eggs developed around same the time of organisms
walking on land.

3. Mesoderm and Bilateral Symmetry developed around the same time.

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Step 4: Updated Cladogram

I put the goldfish right next to the ray-finned fish because they both share similar traits
such as being a vertebra and having a bony skeleton. The rat was added next to the rabbit
because they both share similar characteristics including having a four limbs and having
amniotic eggs. The iguana was implemented next to crocodile becomes they both produce
eggs with shells and they are both reptiles.