Cladogram Species Names

Order from left of paper to right

1. Plasticus mollus illud (soft point plastic)
2. Plasticius durumillud (hardpoint plastic)
3. Discus longistribus (three diameter disc)
4. Discus longisunius (one diameter disc)
5. Discus logisminima (tiny diameter disc)
6. Discus semidelapsa (half detached disc)
7. Discus delapsa (detached disc)
8. Discus calvis (hooded disc)
9. Discus fictorious (unreal disc [cubic disc]
10. Discus volans (flying disc)
11. Discus twoluscus (two eyed disc)
12. Discus reangulum (angled disc)
13. Novis admodum (wavy strange)
14. Novis parabolico (parabolic strange)
15. Recta ipsum (very straight)
16. Recta parvis (dwarf straight)
17. Recta magnocapite (big headed straight)
18. Lina duomedia (two and half thread)
19. Lina quattuor (four thread)
20. Lina quinque (five thread)
21. Lina sexum (six thread)
22. Lina teretisexum (rounded six thread)
23. Lina perfiloseptum (rounded seven thread)
24. Lina aduncumseptum (hooked seven thread)
25. Lina planaseptum (rounded seven thread)
26. Lina perfilocto (rounded eight thread)
27. Lina aduncumocto (hooked eight thread)
28. Lina planocto (flat eight thread)
29. Lina alliumocto (pitted eight thread)
30. Lina undecim (11 thread)
31. Lina infinitus (19 threads)

Cladogram Story
 From our archeological discoveries, the common ancestor for the cladistic model that we
have laid-out takes a span of 27.45 million years and assumed to begin with the metallic family,
as it might have been more likely that minority of the model, the plastic progeny, would have
been an offshoot from the metals. The Plasticius could have sprung from a metal mutation,
which was due to geographic isolation, where a flood had displaced these organisms into a more
fertile island, causing them to become accustomed to and burrow in softer soil. This burrowing
behavior might be a defensive response from the heat of the sun that can melt them. Later their
environment affected their body structures making them develop sharper tips for more efficient
burrowing. For the rest of the genera, we think that they come from the metallic lineage, as they
have about the same materials, with different colorations.

We suspect that the Discus genus had stopped burrowing to continue life above ground,
because of its evolved outer shell that reflected some of the sun's rays, and continued to be a
defining characteristic of the metal family. There came two types types of Disci, those with a
single hole, and those without a single hole. This initial split could be the outcome of sympatric
reproductive isolation, as the remaining organisms that survived the flood had occupied a large
landmass. Since reproduction is more likely with closer range, and the same species had
occupied a large landmass, it is unlikely that the northwestern Disci, had much contact with the
northeastern Disci. Also, the environment of the northeast was windy, and plenty in plants,
causing the one-holed, Disci, to be more bulkier and circular, not grooved in the inside, to
withstand the heavy winds and be more suited to herbivorous life. Within this, one-holed Disci
were split into connected and disconnected organisms, due to a mutation with high allele
frequency. The disconnected species: Discus semidelapsa, the smaller of the species, and Discus
delapsa, were classified by size because specific genetic information about these organisms were
not able to be studied, only the organisms phenotypic information was available. For the
connected Disci: Discus longistribus, Discus longisunius, and Discus logisminima had arranged
for the previous reason. The three species that inhabited the northeast were arranged into two: the
Discus calvis, Discus fictorious, which were characterized for being non-winged and Discus
volans, which had wings. But all of the recently mentioned species had grooves. The only thing
that separated the D. fictorious from the northwestern Disci, is the fact that it had grooves and
was bulkier. This could have been due to sympatric mutation, as the bulkiness could have
evolved to ground the D. fictorious from the winds. We suspect that the Discus volans evolved
with these wings as in the north it was extremely windy. Rather than having the northwestern
mutation of bulkiness to be grounded from the wind, this isolated northeastern organism had
evolved to be lighter, and aerodynamic to take advantage of the winds. They probably evolved

much differently from the rest of the Disci, due to behavioral isolation, which helps one
species identify a potential mate within the species by certain characteristics or behaviors. The
winged Disci had certain mating patterns which could have separated them from the rest of the
northwestern population and even in its own northeastern population. Between the Discus calvis
and the Discus fictorious, they share the additional heft, but unlike the D. fictorious, and the rest
of the northwestern species, the D. calvis, gained a dark dome as another measure of behavioral
isolation, and might have been used to lodge themselves in the earth to find food or keep from
being blown away. Within the Discus genus, the not one-holed branch brings the Discus
twoluscus and the Discus reangulum, only differentiated, by the D. reangulum, having an angle
to it, between the species in this branch. The flattening of this species brings us back to the
earlier Discus shapes, and the two hole feature, diapsids, brings us closer towards the
straightening into the Lina genus through the Novis genus, and the Rectum genus. This change
could be due to a frequency genetic mutation. Looking at the evolution of the Discus genus, it
follows the Founders Effect, where a small population with initial low genetic variation brings
rise to smaller population with higher genetic variations and mutations, spanning 700,000 years.

The Novis genus was evolved due to geographic isolation from the Great Schism, where a large
mass of the island broke off, isolating many species. With this new land mass, the Discus species
was forced to drastically evolve, creating odd and misshapen figures, like the waviness of Novis
admodum, which was formed to confuse predators. The most important of this time, was the
Novis Parabolico, which became sharper again, used its prongs to snare unsuspecting prey. We
suspect that it evolved as a cause of geographic isolation on the landmass. Since the landmass, at
one point had a temperate climate, the environment affected the niche of the organism from
being more defensive to being more offensive and predatory. Later the N. Parabolico would
form the future genera.

The Recta genus was formed from the Novis parabolico, which was due to burrow again,
because of the Hardware Ice Age that came hundreds of thousands of years later. Its sharp points
allowed it to find warmth underground. However, it lost its second spike, to get its entirety of its
body underground. This allowed the Recta species to survive up to -200 degrees Fahrenheit. The
Recta ipsum, was created to burrow the farthest, being able to reach the bugs underground, and
pierce them. The Recta parvis, however, was smaller, to have less surface area exposed to the
cold weather above. Not all places were under the Ice Age. Towards the North, the land was
exposed to a drought, which the Recta magnocapite could withstand due to its large head, in
which it probably absorbed water with. These evolutions allowed the Recta species to survive the
harshest conditions, and they survived for another 1.25 million years, from the Novis to the most
recent Recta.

The Lina genus evolved from the Recta genus to have threads so they could burrow deeper into
harder ground to hide from predators. This let them survive longer and allowed them to evolve to
gain more threads which they used to burrow and hide. After the Ice Age, this genus was totally
submerged in water, once again pointing out the forces of geographic isolation and the Founders
Effect at work. In this genus, the head types are different due to what the species did to survive.
The Lina teretisexum, Lina perfiloseptum, Lina planaseptum, and Lina perfilocto are more
hydrodynamic (like aerodynamic but underwater) causing them to be able to move through the
water much faster. The Lina aduncumseptum was able to latch onto other creatures, acting like a
parasite with their hooked heads. The Lina duomedia, Lina quattuor, Lina quinque, Lina sexum,
Lina undecim, and Lina infinitus were able to burrow down and hide, with their flat heads. We
believe that the end of this lineage could have evolved for 25 million years, from the first of the
genus to the most recent discovery.