C# : how do you obtain a class' base class?

Question

In C#, how does one obtain a reference to the base class of a given class?

For example, suppose you have a certain class, MyClass, and you want to obtain a

Answer 1

Type superClass = typeof(MyClass).BaseType;

Additionally, if you don't know the type of your current object, you can get the type using GetType and then get the BaseType of that type:

Type baseClass = myObject.GetType().BaseType;

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