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genus Lepidodesma Simpson, 1896: cladomics

2 Recent valid species (3 total species)

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The Cladomics Summary provides an overview of the number of studies that have included terminal species representing this taxon as well as an indication of how frequently it has been recovered as monophyletic.

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Cladomics Summary

number of species = 2 (3 total)
analyzed in 67 cladograms in 39 publications
maximum number of terminals in an analysis = 2 (mean = 1.18, median = 1)

Basic Monophyly

number of cladograms that test basic monophyly (i.e., more than 1 included species) = 12
maximum number of included terminals = 2, (mean = 2 median = 2)
proportion of cladograms that support basic monophyly = 1

Cladograms

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-aa

** Top Monophyly Cladogram ** ** Top Sister-Group Cladogram **

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 94 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2026 [Publ 4811], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 94 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 6-14

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 630 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Hou et al., 2025 [Publ 4432], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 26 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Hou et al., 2025 [Publ 4401], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 26 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 17 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8a_S1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 90 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2023 [Publ 4339], fig. 4_S5-nt

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 94 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wang et al., 2025 [Publ 4488], fig. 3B

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 63 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Campbell & Lydeard, 2026 [Publ 4810], fig. 3_5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 139 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4350], fig. 8b_S2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 90 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Hou et al., 2024 [Publ 4400], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
2 2 0 2 74 0 0 -- 
  +-- Lepidodesma_aligera **   
--+                         
  +-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2018 [Publ 3836], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 52 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 90 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 2_I

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 90 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4487], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 40 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4379], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 53 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022 [Publ 4263], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 36 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Chen et al., 2023 [Publ 4302], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 40 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 68 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 199 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2024 [Publ 4388], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 52 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 87 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 43 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2020 [Publ 4121], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 48 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 44 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Soroka & Burzynski, 2017 [Publ 3837], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 22 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wen et al., 2017 [Publ 3795], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 15 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Cha et al., 2018 [Publ 3916], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 37 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2002 [Publ 2657], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 33 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 55 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 44 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Konopleva et al., 2023 [Publ 4269], fig. S1_4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 55 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Zieritz et al., 2021 [Publ 4231], fig. 3-F_5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 47 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 67 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Aunins et al., 2018 [Publ 3863], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 39 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Froufe et al., 2019 [Publ 3936], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 43 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 33 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2025 [Publ 4440], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 44 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 5-ML

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 21 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-ML

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 73 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2021 [Publ 4366], fig. 3-BI

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 73 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 197 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 199 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2002 [Publ 2657], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 33 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4448], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 85 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Lopes-Lima et al., 2020 [Publ 4080], fig. 2-4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 121 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Kim et al., 2021 [Publ 4197], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 17 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 67 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Pavan-Kumar et al., 2022 [Publ 4263], fig. S5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 38 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 13 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Hou et al., 2025 [Publ 4432], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 10 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Chen et al., 2025 [Publ 4487], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 40 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 2d

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 38 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Chen et al., 2023 [Publ 4302], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 40 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Sano et al., 2017 [Publ 3799], fig. 2

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 32 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2019 [Publ 3864], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 45 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Zhou et al., 2016 [Publ 3710], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 19 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Sano et al., 2020 [Publ 4138], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 67 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2023 [Publ 4285], fig. 5

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 52 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4358], fig. 4

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 52 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Chen et al., 2020 [Publ 4170], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 33 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 5-BI

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 21 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Fukata & Iigo, 2020 [Publ 4106], fig. 1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 53 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Huang et al., 2019 [Publ 3843], fig. S1

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 46 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Wu et al., 2022 [Publ 4238], fig. 3

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 73 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **

Dai et al., 2024 [Publ 4386], fig. 6

iTtTbiriSoTroTroSiD
1 1 0 1 41 0 0 -- 
-- Lepidodesma_languilati **