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THE HISTORY OF LIFE (IN LIST FORMAT)

Life, as they say, is full of surprises - and over the course of the past 500 or so million years, it has thrown up its fair share. This page provides an index of clades covered on this site thus far.

A history of life
  • Bacteria
  • Archaea
    • DPANN
    • Euryarchaeota
      • Methanomada
        • Methanobacteriota
      • Methanobacteriota_B
      • Neoeuryarchaeota
        • Thermoplasmatota
        • Halobacteriota
      • Proteoarchaeota
        • Thermoproteota
          • Korarchaeia
          • Bathyarchaeia
          • Nitrososphaeria
          • Nitrososphaeria_B
          • Sulfobacteria
            • Sulfolobia
            • Methanomethylicia
            • Thermoproteia
        • Asgardaeota
          • Jordarchaeia
          • Baldrarchaeia
          • Thorarchaeia
          • Odinarchaeia
          • Hermodarchaeia
          • Lokiarchaeia
          • Sifarchaeia
          • Wukongarchaeia
          • Heimdallarchaeia
            • Eukaryota
              • Diphoda
                • Discoba
                • Metamonada
                • Diaphoretickes
                  • Hemimastigophora
                  • Provora
                  • Haptista
                  • Telonemia
                  • Harosa
                    • Rhizaria
                    • Halvaria
                      • Stramenopiles
                      • Alveolata
                  • Cryptista
                  • Archaeplastida
              • Ancyromonadida
              • Malawimonada
              • Crumalia
              • Amorphea
                • Amoebozoa
                • Obazoa
                  • Breviatea
                  • Apusomonadida
                  • Opisthokonta
                    • Holomycota
                      • Cristidiscoidea
                        • Fonticulida
                        • Nucleariida
                      • Opisthosporidia
                        • BCG2
                        • BCG1
                        • Cryptomycota
                          • Rozella
                          • Namako-37
                          • Microsporidia
                            • Microsporea
                            • Metchnikovellea
                        • Phytophagea
                    • Holozoa
Plants
  • Viridiplantae
    • Prasinodermophyta
    • Chlorophyta
    • Streptophyta
      • Mesostigmatophyceae
      • Chlorokybophyceae
      • Klebsormidiophyceae
      • Charophyceae
      • Coleochaetophyceae
      • Zygnematophyceae
      • Embryophyta
        • Polysporangiophytes
          • Horneophytopsida
          • Anthocerotophyta
          • Marchantiophyta
          • Bryophyta
          • Tracheophytes
            • Cooksoniaceae
            • Rhyniopsoda
            • Hsuaceae
            • Renaliaceae
            • Eutracheophytes
              • Barinophytopsida
              • Zosterophyllopsida
              • Microphylls
                • Lycopodiopsida
              • Euphyllophytes
                • Trimerophytopsida
                • Megaphylls
                  • Moniliformopses
                    • Cladoxylopsida
                    • Polypodiopsida
                  • Radiatopses
                    • Lignophytes
                      • Progymnospermopsida
                        • Aneurophytales
                        • Protopityales
                        • Archaeopteridales
                        • Noeggerathiales
                      • Spermatophytes
                        • Gymnospermae
                          • Cycadopsida
                          • Ginkgoopsida
                          • Pinopsida
                          • Gnetidae
                        • Angiospermae
                          • Amborellales
                          • Nymphaeales
                          • Austrobaileyales
                          • Magnoliida
                          • Chloranthales
                          • Monocots
                          • Ceratophyllales
                          • Eudicots
Fungi
  • Eumycota
    • Chytridiomyceta
      • Neocallimastigomycota
        • Neocallimastigomycetes
      • Cytridiomycota
        • Monoblepharomycotina
          • Hyaloraphidiomycetes
          • Monoblepharidomycetes
          • Sanchytriomycetes
        • Chytridiomycotina
          • Mesochytriomycetes
          • Chytridiomycetes
    • Blastocladiomyceta
      • Blastocladiomycota
        • Blastocladiomycetes
        • Physodermatomycetes
    • Amastigomycota
      • Zoopagomyceta
        • Basidiobolomycota
          • Basidiobolomycetes
          • Olpidomycetes
        • Entomophthoromycota
          • Entomophthoromycetes
          • Neozygitomycetes
        • Kickxellomycota
          • Zoopagomycotina
            • Zoopagomycetes
          • Kickxellomycotina
            • Dimargaritomycetes
            • Kickxellomycetes
      • Mortierellomycota
        • Mortierellomycetes
      • Mucoromyceta
        • Calcarisporiellomycota
          • Calcarisporiellomycetes
        • Mucoromycota
          • Umbelopsidomycetes
          • Mucoromycetes
      • Symbiomycota
        • Glomeromycota
          • Paraglomeromycetes
          • Archaeosporomycetes
          • Glomeromycetes
        • Dikarya
          • Entorrhizomycota
            • Entorrhizomycetes
          • Basidiomycota
            • Pucciniomycotina
              • Tritirachiomycetes
              • Mixiomycetes
              • Agaricostilbomycetes
              • Cystobasidiomycetes
              • Classiculaceae
              • Microbotryomycetes
              • Cryptomycocolacomycetes
              • Atractiellomycetes
              • Pucciniomycetes
            • Orthomycotina
              • Ustilaginomycotina
                • Monilielliomycetes
                • Malasseziomycetes
                • Ustilaginomycetes
                • Exobasidiomycetes
              • Agaricomycotina
                • Geminibasidiomycetes
                • Wallemiomycetes
                • Bartheletiomycetes
                • Tremellomycetes
                • Dacrymycetes
                • Agaricomycetes
          • Ascomycota
            • Taphrinomycotina
              • Neolectomycetes
              • Taphrinomycetes
              • Schizosaccharomyceta
                • Archaeorhizomycetes
                • Pneumocystidomycetes
                • Schizosaccharomycetes
            • Saccharomyceta
              • Saccharomycotina
                • Saccharomycetes
              • Pezizomycotina
                • Thelocarpales
                • Vezdaeales
                • Lahmiales
                • Triblidiales
                • Orbiliomycetes
                • Pezizomycetes
                • Leotiomyceta
                  • Sordariomyceta
                    • Xylonomycetes
                    • Geoglossomycetes
                    • Leotiomycetes
                    • Laboulbeniomycetes
                    • Sordariomycetes
                  • Dothideomyceta
                    • Coniocybomycetes
                    • Lichinomycetes
                    • Eurotiomycetes
                    • Lecanoromycetes
                    • Collemopsidiomycetes
                    • Arthoniomycetes
                    • Dothideomycetes
Holozoa (animals and friends)
  • Holozoa
    • Ichthyosporea
      • Dermocystida
      • Ichthyophonida
    • Pluriformea
    • Filozoa
      • Filasterea
      • Choanozoa
        • Choanoflagellata
        • Metazoa
          • Porifera
          • Ctenophora
          • ParaHoxozoa
Sir Graham