Which of the names commonly used to describe the following


Which of the names commonly used to describe the following groups of organisms, represent actual monophyletic groups?

   1. Birds (including all feathered tetrapods)
   2. Reptiles (including turtles, crocodilians, lizards and snakes)
   3. Bony Fish (including ray-finned and lobe-finned fishes)
   4. Mammals (including monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals)
   5. Vertebrates (including jawless fishes and all Gnathostomes)

A.

Only 2 and 3 are monophyletic.

B.

Only 1, 3, and 4 are monophyletic.

C.

Only 4 and 5 are monophyletic.

D.

Only 1, 4 and 5 are monophyletic.

E.

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are all monophyletic.

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