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The TimeTree of Life

S. Blair Hedges and Sudhir Kumar (Editors)
with Foreword by James D. Watson
Oxford University Press, New York.
xxi + 551 pages
©2009 S. Blair Hedges & Sudhir Kumar

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CONTENTS PDF Alt Figures
Contents Article PDF Mirror  
Foreword Article PDF Mirror  
Preface Article PDF Mirror  
Contributors Article PDF Mirror  
INTRODUCTION      
Discovering the timetree of life Article PDF Mirror  
Timetrees: beyond cladograms, phenograms, and phylograms Article PDF Mirror  
The geological time scale Article PDF Mirror  
Calibrating and constraining the molecular clock Article PDF Mirror  
TIMETREES      
Life Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
SUPERKINGDOM      
Archaebacteria Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Eubacteria Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Eukaryotes Eukaryota Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
PROTISTS      
Haptophyte algae Haptophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Diatoms Bacillariophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
PLANTS      
Land plants Embrytophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Mosses Bryophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Liverworts Marchantiophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Ferns Monilophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Gymnosperms Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Flowering plants Magnoliophyta Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Magnoliids Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Eudicots Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Asterids Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Eurosid I Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Eurosid II Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Monocots Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
FUNGI      
Fungi Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
ANIMALS      
Animals Metazoa Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
INVERTEBRATES      
Cnidarians Cnidaria Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Scaphopod mollusks.Scaphopoda Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Cephalopod mollusks.Cephalopoda Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Nematodes Nematoda Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Arthropods Arthropoda  Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Spiders Araneae Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Holometabolous insects Holometabola Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
          Bees, ants, and stinging wasps Aculeata Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
          True flies Diptera  Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
          Beetles Coleoptera Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
          Lacewings Neuroptera Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Crabs, shrimps, and.lobsters Decapoda Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Stalked and acorn barnacles Thoracica Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Sea urchins Echinoidea Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
VERTEBRATES      
Vertebrates Vertebrata Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
FISHES      
Jawless fishes Cyclostomata Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Cartilaginous fishes Chondrichthyes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Ray-finned fishes Actinopterygii Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Sturgeons and paddlefishes Acipenseriformes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Teleost fishes Teleostei Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Notothenioid fishes Notothenioidei Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Labyrinth fishes Anabantoidei Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Lungfishes Dipnoi Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
AMPHIBIANS      
Amphibians Lissamphibia Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Frogs and toads Anura Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Salamanders Caudata Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Caecilians Gymnophiona Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
AMNIOTES      
Amniotes Amniota Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
REPTILES      
Squamates Squamata Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Snakes Serpentes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Turtles Testudines Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
Crocodylians Crocodylia Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
BIRDS      
Birds Aves Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Ratites and tinamous Paleognathae Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Waterfowl and gamefowl Galloanserae Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
      Advanced birds Neoaves Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Passerine birds Passeriformes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Shorebirds Charadriiformes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Diurnal birds of prey Falconiformes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Cranes, rails, and allies Gruiformes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Woodpeckers, toucans, barbets and allies
         Piciformes
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         Owls Strigiformes Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds
         Apodiformes
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MAMMALS      
Mammals Mammalia Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
     Monotremes Prototheria Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
     Marsupials Metatheria Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
     Placental mammals Eutheria Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Armadillos, anteaters, and sloths Xenarthra Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Tenrecs and golden moles Afrosoricida Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Primates Primates Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Pikas, hares, and rabbits Lagomorpha Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Rodents Rodentia Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Hedgehogs, shrews, moles, and solenodons
         Eulipotyphla
Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Bats Chiroptera Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Carnivores Carnivora Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Rhinoceroses, tapirs, and horses
         Perissodactyla
Article PDF Mirror Figure PPT
         Whales and even-toed ungulates
         Cetartiodactyla
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