They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera (Kristensen, 1999).

As an example, the flowering plant family Amborellaceae is considered the most basal lineage of extant angiosperms.

However, Shia narrators who collect hadith attributed to Muhammad don't have a lineage of transmitters reaching Muhammad; while Sunni narrators consider the lineage of transmitters (even transmitters' life details) a very important aspect of narration and authenticity of Hadith.

Originally these animals were included under the order Cotylosauria, and were considered the most primitive and ancestral lineage of reptiles.

However, there may be an alternative origin for the style, if one considers the lineage of lace-trimmed shortie bedjackets and bed-capes of the 1930s and 1940s.

Consider the lineage in the attacking midfield role over the years: Ortega, Gallardo, Veron, Riquelme, Aimar, D'alessandro and dare I throw in there somwhere - the Argentine Ginola - Guillermo Barros Schelotto!