While studying evolution, a student comes across a cladogram that includes clades like amphibia, reptilia, aves, and mammalia. what must be the basal clade? plantae chordata nonchordata

The correct answer is chordata.

Explanation:

The Reptilia, Amphibia, Mammalia, and the Aves all come under the kingdom Animalia, and all are the part of the basal clade Chordata. This signifies that all these species during a certain point of their life exhibited a notochord. A notochord refers to a cartilaginous rod of skeleton that supports the body in all the embryonic and in some of the adult chordate animals.

you didn't give any options but heres what i can tell you: an inference is likely to change based on additional observations. the latter is something that you have seen or sensed using your sensory organs while the former is like a conclusion out from what you have observed.