Fig. 5.

Distribution of taxa within morphospace based on fossilizable and nonfossilizable characters. (A) Morphospace based on 912 fossilizable characters. (B) Morphospace based on 878 characters unlikely to be observable in fossil organisms. (C) Intrametazoan and intraphylum disparity based on ordinations of only fossilizable characters and only nonfossilizable characters. Phyla above red line have higher disparity within nonpreserved soft-tissue characters, whereas those below have higher disparity within preserved gross anatomical or skeletal characters.