A shared ancestral character is a character, shared by members of a particular clade, that originated in an ancestor that is not a member of that clade.
A shared ancestral character is a trait found in a clade that originated from an ancestor outside that clade.
| Front | shared ancestral character |
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| Back | A character, shared by members of a particular clade, that originated in an ancestor that is not a member of that clade. |
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