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LIFE ATLAS 3DALL LIFE. CONNECTED.
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Three truths

Timed
Branched off about 480 million years ago · the last 11% of life's story
Named
No living species
Weighed
Extinct: no biomass today.

Eukaryotes · animals

Griffinflies

Extinct · died out about 252 million years ago, end of the Permian

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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 480 million years ago (approximate)
Parent lineage
Insects

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. › Parahoxozoa
  11. › Bilaterians
  12. › Protostomes
  13. › Moulting animals
  14. › Arthropods
  15. › Pancrustaceans
  16. › Insects
  17. › Griffinflies

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