This document discusses issues with using morphological data to construct phylogenetic trees of phyllostomid bats. It finds that dental characters, while highly convergent, provide a strong phylogenetic signal that resolves relationships. This signal is amplified by the repetition of similar dental characters, which results in low dissimilarity among characters. In contrast, molecular characters show high dissimilarity. The authors hypothesize that the similarity among dental characters could arise from factors like occlusion, development along paths of least resistance, or strong negative selection due to ecological convergence.