The tree as a list
Every group in the atlas, nested by ancestry. Brighter names have a full, sourced profile. Complex cells (eukaryotes) sit inside the archaea, as modern genome studies show.
- First common ancestor (LUCA)
- Bacteria
- Thermotogae
- Aquificae
- Terrabacteria
- CyanobacteriaCyanobacteriota (Cyanobacteria)
- Actinomycetota (Actinobacteria)Actinomycetota
- Bacillota (Firmicutes)Bacillota
- Chloroflexi
- Deinococcus–Thermus
- Gracilicutes
- Archaea
- Euryarchaeota
- Methanogenic archaeaMethanogenic archaea (several lineages)
- Halophilic archaeaHalobacteria
- Thermophilic archaea (Thermococci)Thermococci
- TACK archaea
- Asgard archaea
- Lokiarchaeota
- Heimdall and complex-cell line
- Heimdallarchaeota
- Complex cells (eukaryotes)Eukaryota
- Euglenids and trypanosomes
- Metamonads
- Amorphea
- Amoebas and slime moulds
- Opisthokonts
- Holomycota
- Holozoa
- Choanoflagellates
- AnimalsAnimalia (Metazoa)
- Sponges
- Comb jellies
- Ediacaran frondsextinct
- Parahoxozoa
- Placozoans
- Jellyfish and corals
- Bilaterians
- Protostomes
- Deuterostomes
- Starfish and sea urchins
- Chordates
- Sea squirts
- Lancelets
- VertebratesVertebrata
- Hagfish and lampreys
- Conodontsextinct
- Jawed vertebrates
- Placodermsextinct
- Sharks and rays
- Bony vertebrates
- Ray-finned fish
- Lobe-finned vertebrates
- Coelacanths
- Lungfish
- Four-limbed vertebrates
- Frogs, salamanders and caecilians
- Amniotes
- Diaphoretickes
- Haptophytes
- Cryptophytes
- SAR supergroup
- Algae and plantsArchaeplastida
- Glaucophytes
- Red algae
- Green plants
- Green algae
- Streptophytes
- Stoneworts and kin
- Land plantsEmbryophyta
- Liverworts
- MossesBryophyta
- Hornworts
- Vascular plants
- Lycophytes
- Clubmosses
- Scale treesextinct
- Euphyllophytes
- FernsPolypodiopsida
- Seed plants
- Glossopteridsextinct
- GymnospermsGymnospermae
- Flowering plantsAngiospermae
- Lycophytes
- Euryarchaeota
- Bacteria