Master Dendrogram
The following provisional dendrogram (more about dendrograms or "cladograms" here) is included until we have a more complete one ready. No hyperlinks added yet, sorry.
Tellurobiota (Life on Earth)
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└─○Bacteria (LUCA)
├─○Eubacteria ("True" bacteria; note - phylogenetic relationships controversial!)
│ ├─Actinobacteria (Gram positive bacteria)
│ └─┬─┬─Thermotogae (a small group of extremophiles)
│ │ └─Firmicutes (Gram positive bacteria)
│ └─○Didermata
│ ├─Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green algae)
│ └─┬─Sphingobacteria
│ └─Proteobacteria (most bacteria)
└─○Neomura
├─○Archaea (anaerobic "archaic" bacteria)
│ ├─Crenarchaeota
│ └─Euryarchaeota
└─○Eukarya (organisms with a cell nucleus - note: conflicting phylogenies)
├─Metamonada (includes symbiotes with termites)
└─┬─Discicristata (euglena, a plant-animal like form, and similar)
└─┬─Rhizaria (amoeba-like forms, often with shells)
│ ├?─Vendobionta (enigmatic Precambrian forms, the first large animals)
│ ├─Radiolaria
│ └─┬─Foraminifera
│ └─Cercozoa
└─┬─┬─○Chromalveolata
│ │ ├─○Alveolata
│ │ │ ├─Ciliophora (Ciliates)
│ │ │ └─○Miozoa
│ │ │ ├─Dinozoa (Dinoflagellata)
│ │ │ └─Apicomplexa (Sporozoa)
│ │ └─Chromista (diatoms and related types ("Golden algae"))
│ └─○Plantae (Plant Kingdom)
│ ├─Rhodophyta (Red algae)
│ └─○Chlorobionta (Green plants)
│ ├─Chlorophyta (green algae in part)
│ └─┬─Charophyta (green algae in part)
│ ╞═(various green algae)
│ └─○Embryophyta (land plants)
│ ├─Bryophyta (mosses)
│ └─○Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
│ ╞═"Rhyniophytes"
│ └─┬─Lycophyta (club mosses and their tree-like ancestors)
│ └─○Euphyllophyta
│ ├─Monilophyta (horsetails and ferns)
│ └─Spermatophyta (seed plants)
└─┬─Apusomonadida
└─┬─Amoebozoa (amoebas)
└─○Opisthokonta
├─┬─Microsporidia
│ └─○Fungi
│ ├─Chytridiomycota (aquatic forms)
│ └─┬─Zygomycota (bread mold, etc)
│ └─┬─○Basidiomycota
│ │ ├─Ustilaginomycetes
│ │ └─Hymenomycetes
│ └─○Ascomycota
│ ╞═Taphrinomycotina
│ └─┬─Saccharomycotina (yeasts)
│ └─Pezizomycotina
└─○Metazoa (animals)
├─Choanoflagellata
╘═Porifera (sponges)
├─Ctenophora (comb jellies)
└─┬─Cnidaria (jellyfish, corals, etc)
└─○Bilateria
├─○Protostomia
│ ├─○Ecdysozoa
│ │ ├─┬─Chaetognatha (arrow worms)
│ │ │ └─Nemata
│ │ └─┬─Tardigrada
│ │ └─○Arthropoda (phylogeny controversial)
│ │ ╞═Lobopoda
│ │ └─┬─Anomalocarida
│ │ ├─Trilobita
│ │ └─┬─Myriapoda
│ │ └─┬─Chelicerata
│ │ └─┬─Crustacea
│ │ └─Insecta
│ ├?─Bryozoa
│ └─○Lophotrochozoa
│ ╘═Halkieriids and other "coat of mail" animals
│ ├─○Mollusca (snails, clams, squid, etc)
│ │ ├─Polyplacophora (chitons)
│ │ └─┬─Bivalvia
│ │ └─┬─Gastropoda (slugs and snails)
│ │ └─Cephalopoda (squids and octopii)
│ └─┬─Annelida (segmented worms)
│ └─┬─Scalidophora
│ └─Brachiopoda
└─○Deuterostomia
├─Vetulicolia
└─┬─○Ambulacraria
│ ├─Hemichordata
│ └─┬─Vetulocystidae
│ ╘═Homalozoa
│ └─Echinodermata (starfish, sea urchins, etc)
└─○Chordata
├─Cephalochordata
└─○Vertebrata (backboned animals)
└─┬─Conodonta (ancient eel-like animals)
└─┬─Pteraspidomorphi (early armoured vertebrates)
└─○Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
├─Placodermi (early armoured fish)
└─┬─Chondrichthyes (sharks and rays)
└─┬─Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish)
╘═Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish)
└─○Tetrapoda (land vertebrates)
├─Temnospondyli (early amphibians)
│ └─Lissamphibia (modern amphibians)
└─○Reptilomorpha (reptile-like amphibians)
├─┬─Anapsida (turtles and others)
│ └─○Eureptilia
│ ├─Ichthyosauria (Mesozoic marine reptiles)
│ └─┬─┬─Sauropterygia (more Mesozoic marine reptiles)
│ │ └─Lepidosauria (lizards and snakes and their relatives)
│ └─○Archosauria (ruling reptiles)
│ ├─Crocodylia (Crocodiles and their ancestors)
│ └─┬─Pterosauria (flying reptiles)
│ └─○Dinosauria
│ ├─Ornithischia (plant eating dinosaurs)
│ └─┬─Sauropodomorpha (giant long-necked plant eaters)
│ ╘═Theropoda (carnivorous dinosaurs)
│ └─Aves (Birds)
└─○Synapsida
╘═Therapsida ("mammal-like reptiles")
└─○Mammalia
├─Allotheria (early mammals)
└─┬─Metatheria (Marsupials)
└─○Eutheria (Placentals)
├─Insectivora (Insectivores)
└─┬─┬─Glires (rabbits, rodents, etc)
│ └─Archonta (bats, primates, etc)
└─┬─Ferae (carnivorous mammals)
└─○Ungulatomorpha (hooved mammals (ungulates))
├─Cetartiodactyla (whales and even-toed ungulates)
└─Altungulata (other ungulates)
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