The PEDIGREE of
Phylum Chordata

     Born:  540 M BC


 "Child(ren)":       Clade Craniata   ;   Urochordata (tunicates : sea squirts)   ;   Cephalochordata (lancelets)   ;   100000 species altogether
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/-- Phylum Actinobacteria   +====> [ 45]
/-- Class Actinobacteridae
/-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium
/-- (NN), a Nucleated Cell
/  \-- (NN), a Cell Nucleus   +====> [ 50]
/-- Domain of Eukaryotes  (2100 M BC)
/  \-- Pre-Mitochondrion Bacteria   +====> [ 46]
/-- Superempire Unikonta
/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Animals
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/-- Branch Bilateria
/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates  (570 M BC)
/   | or: prob. Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum of Deuterostomes
/  
- Phylum Chordata
 

 
  ``3-Great Grandchild:''       Superclass Osteichthyes (Bony fishes)
 
  ``8-Great Grandchildren:''       Order Salmoniformes   ;   Order Cypriniformes   ;   Order Perciformes   ;   Class Amphibia   ;   Microphylum Amniota
 

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