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- Nucleotides (3.5 to 4 Bya)
- Ribonucleic acid (RNA) (3.5 to 4 Bya)
- Viroids
- Viruses
- The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) (3.5 to 4 Bya)
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (3.5 to 4 Bya)
- Bacteria (3.5 to 3.8 Bya)
- Archaea (3.5 to 3.8 Bya)
- DPANN
- Euryarchaeota
- Proteoarchaeota
- TACK
- Asgard
- Lokiarchaeota
- Odinarchaeota
- Thorarchaeota
- Heimdallarchaeia
- Eukaryota (2.2 Bya)
- Excavata
- Metamonada
- Discoba
- Malawimonada
- Diaphoretickes
- SAR
- Stramenopiles
- Alveolata
- Rhizaria
- Crypista
- Haptista
- Archaeplastida (plants) (1.6 Bya)
- Chloroplastida (green plants)
- Embryophyta (land plants)
- Rhodophyceae (red algae)
- Amorphea (1.5 Bya)
- Amoebozoa
- Nucletmycea
- Holozoa (1.1 Bya)
- Ichthyosporea
- Pluriformea
- Filozoa
- Filasterea
- Choanozoa (950 Mya)
- Choanoflagellate
- Animalia
- Porifera (sponges)
- Ctenophora (comb jellies)
- ParaHoxozoa
- Placozoa
- Planulozoa (680 Mya)
- Cnidaria (jellyfish, corals, sea anemones)
- Bilateria (Bilateral symmetry)
- Proarticulata (567 to 550 Mya)
- Xenacoelomorpha
- Nephrozoa (650 Mya)
- Protostome (mouth forms before anus) (610 Mya)
- †Kimberella (555 to 558 Mya)
- Ecdysozoa
- Spiralia
- Deuterostome (mouth forms after anus)
- Ambulacraria
- Hemichordata (acorn worms)
- Echinodermata (starfishes and sea urchins)
- Chordate (530 Mya)
- Cephalochordate (lancelets)
- Olfactores
- †Haikouella
- Tunicata (sea squirts etc)
- Vertebrata/Craniata (500 Mya)
- Cyclostomi (living jawless fishes, the lampreys and hagfishes)
- †Conodonta
- †Pteraspidomorphi
- †Cephalaspidomorphi
- Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) (440 Mya)
- †Placodermi
- Eugnathostomata
- Acanthodians (cartilaginous fishes)
- Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes)
- †Onychodontidae
- Actinistia (coelacanths)
- Rhipidistia (lobe-finned fishes, tetrapods and lungfishes)
- †Styloichthys changae
- Dipnomorpha
- †Porolepiformes
- Dipnoi (lungfish)
- Tetrapodomorpha
- †Kenichthys
- †Rhizodontida
- †Canowindridae
- †Megalichthyiformes
- Eotetrapodiformes
- Tristichopteridae
- Tinirau
- Elpistostegalia
- Platycephalichthys
- Panderichthys
- Tiktaalik
- Elpistostege
- Elginerpeton
- Ventastega
- Acanthostega
- Ichthyostega
- Whatcheeriidae
- Colosteidae
- Crassigyrinus
- Baphetidae
- Tetrapod (350 Mya)
- Amphibia
- Amniota
- Synapsida (mammals and their extinct relatives)
- Sauropsida