The branching points of the cladogram may be regarded either as an ancestral species (as in an evolutionary tree) or solely as representing shared characteristics.

在个形象化的进化树上，每两个物间的距离都是由它们共有的特性来决定的。

The special body plan of Yunnanozoon is almost identical to that of the living enteropneust hemichordate Balanoglossus,which suggests that the earlyCambrian creature is ancestral to the hemichordates.

特的身体造型与现生肠鳃类半索动物几无二致，从而表明个早寒武世动物是地球上半索动物门中已知最古老的祖先类型。