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Three truths

Timed
Began about 420 million years ago · the last 10% of life's story
Named
≈37,000 named living species · 2.1% of all named
Weighed
At least ≈0.17 Gt C · 0.03% or more of all life's carbon
Part of Fish (≈0.7 Gt C), not measured separately.
Part of All other animals (total minus the parts above) (≈0.13 Gt C), not measured separately.

Eukaryotes · animals

Lobe-finned vertebrates

Living · roughly 37,000 described species

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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 430 million years ago (approximate)
Parent lineage
Bony vertebrates

Child lineages

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. › Deuterostomes
  13. › Chordates
  14. › Vertebrates
  15. › Jawed vertebrates
  16. › Bony vertebrates
  17. › Lobe-finned vertebrates

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