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cladogenic

cladogenic

English

Adjective

cladogenic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or causing cladogenesis
    • 2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0141304:
      The differing positions of Maiasaura relative to Probrachylophosaurus and Brachylophosaurus in each analysis leads to uncertainty regarding the timing of the cladogenic split between the Brachylophosaurus and Maiasaura lineages.