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Timed
Branched off about 330 million years ago · the last 7.9% of life's story
Named
No living species
Weighed
Extinct: no biomass today.

Eukaryotes · plants and algae

Glossopterids

Extinct · died out about 201 million years ago, end of the Triassic

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 330 million years ago (approximate)
Parent lineage
Seed plants

Classification

  1. First common ancestor (LUCA)
  2. › Archaea
  3. › Asgard archaea
  4. › Heimdall and complex-cell line
  5. › Complex cells (eukaryotes)
  6. › Diaphoretickes
  7. › Algae and plants
  8. › Green plants
  9. › Streptophytes
  10. › Land plants
  11. › Vascular plants
  12. › Euphyllophytes
  13. › Seed plants
  14. › Glossopterids

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