Figures
- a . typical communication system modified from Shannon (1948);b . paleontological systematic studies in abstract.
- a . information entropy distribution of a binary variable;b . information entropy of characters in different
morphological character matrices, x-axis: number of character states,
y-axis: average information entropy; c . joint information
entropy in different morphological character matrices; d .
mutual information distribution heatmap in different morphological
character matrices, orange: high mutual information, blue: low mutual
information, anatomical parts abbreviations, C: crania, F: forelimb
and pectoral girdle, H: hindlimb and pelvic gridle, A: axial elements,
O: others.
- a . noise power distribution in taxa domain; b . noise
power distribution in character domain; c . channel capacity
and bandwidth in character matrices.
- Tree results of Ceratopsia. a . Equal weighting; b .
implied weighting (k=3); c . implied weighting (k=12);d . information entropy weighting. Colored columns on the
right side of trees represent OTUs and their color gradients
correspond to the taxa order in the original character matrix.
Data Accessibility
-Phylogenetic results of Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Diplodocidae,
multituberculate, Carnivoramorpha, and lizards, by equal weighting,
implied weighting (k = 3&12), and information entropy weighting are
presented in .nex files. The strict consensus tree is appended in the
end of trees in each file. Dryad doi:10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0cnc