The group containing frogs and birds has one common ancestor and all of the descendents except for three groups of species (i.e., urodeles, gymnophiona, and amniota). Isn't that paraphyletic in the same way reptiles are paraphyletic? Reptiles have one common ancestor and a few groups of descendant species removed (e.g., synapsida and aves).

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