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LIFE ATLAS 3DALL LIFE. CONNECTED.
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Three truths

Timed
Branched off about 750 million years ago · the last 18% of life's story
Named
≈200 named living species · 0.01% of all named
Weighed
Part of All other animals (total minus the parts above) (≈0.13 Gt C), not measured separately.

Eukaryotes · animals

Comb jellies

Living · roughly 200 described species

The date or placement of this group is still debated.

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A full profile for this group has not been written yet. Its place in the tree and its dates are shown below.

Branched off
About 750 million years ago (approximate)
Parent lineage
Animals

Classification

  1. First common ancestor (LUCA)
  2. › Archaea
  3. › Asgard archaea
  4. › Heimdall and complex-cell line
  5. › Complex cells (eukaryotes)
  6. › Amorphea
  7. › Opisthokonts
  8. › Holozoa
  9. › Animals
  10. › Comb jellies

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