• Plesiomorphic (primitive): ancestral or primitive

character.
• Apomorphic (derived): derived or specialized
character.
• Symplesiomorphic (primitive-shared): homologous
character shared by a number of groups, but
inherited from ancestors older than the last common
ancestor.
• Synapomorphic (derived-shared): homologous
character shared by two or more groups which
originated in their last common ancestor.
• Plesiomorphic (primitive): ancestral or primitive
character.
• Apomorphic (derived): derived or specialized
character.
• Symplesiomorphic (primitive-shared): homologous
character shared by a number of groups, but
inherited from ancestors older than the last common
ancestor.
• Synapomorphic (derived-shared): homologous
character shared by two or more groups which
originated in their last common ancestor.