Figure 7 in The phylogeny of charadriiform birds (shorebirds and allies) - reassessing the conflict between morphology and molecules

Figure 7. Reconstruction of the ancestral state of selected characters with Mesquite 2.71 [phylogenies in A–C after Fain & Houde, 2007, with Dromadidae and Chionidae added (see text concerning position of Dromadidae)]. A, distribution of nostril types. B, distribution of processus basipterygoidei. C, distribution of foramen nervi supracoracoidei. D, distribution of foramen nervi supracoracoidei in Alcidae (phylogeny after Baker et al., 2007; Pereira & Baker, 2008).