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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.
551 pages
©2009 S. Blair Hedges & Sudhir Kumar
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Contents
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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Contributors
Introduction
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Discovering the timetree of life
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Timetrees: beyond cladograms, phenograms, and phylograms
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The geological time scale
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Calibrating and constraining the molecular clock
Timetrees
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Life
Superkingdom
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Archaebacteria
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Eubacteria
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Eukaryotes Eukaryota
Protists
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Haptophyte algae Haptophyta
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Diatoms Bacillariophyta
Plants
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Land plants Embrytophyta
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Mosses Bryophyta
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Liverworts Marchantiophyta
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Ferns Monilophyta
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Gymnosperms
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Flowering plants Magnoliophyta
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Magnoliids
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Eudicots
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Asterids
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Eurosid I
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Eurosid II
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Monocots
Fungi
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Fungi
Animals
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Animals Metazoa
Invertebrates
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Cnidarians Cnidaria
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Scaphopod mollusks Scaphopoda
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Cephalopod mollusks Cephalopoda
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Nematodes Nematoda
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Arthropods Arthropoda
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Spiders Araneae
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Holometabolous insects Holometabola
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Bees, ants, and stinging wasps Aculeata
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True flies Diptera
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Beetles Coleoptera
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Lacewings Neuroptera
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Crabs, shrimps, and.lobsters Decapoda
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Stalked and acorn barnacles Thoracica
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Sea urchins Echinoidea
Vertebrates
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Vertebrates Vertebrata
Fishes
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Jawless fishes Cyclostomata
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Cartilaginous fishes Chondrichthyes
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Ray-finned fishes Actinopterygii
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Sturgeons and paddlefishes Acipenseriformes
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Teleost fishes Teleostei
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Notothenioid fishes Notothenioidei
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Labyrinth fishes Anabantoidei
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Lungfishes Dipnoi
Amphibians
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Amphibians Lissamphibia
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Frogs and toads Anura
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Salamanders Caudata
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Caecilians Gymnophiona
Amniotes
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Amniotes Amniota
Reptiles
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Squamates Squamata
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Snakes Serpentes
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Turtles Testudines
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Crocodylians Crocodylia
Birds
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Birds Aves
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Ratites and tinamous Paleognathae
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Waterfowl and gamefowl Galloanserae
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Advanced birds Neoaves
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Passerine birds Passeriformes
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Shorebirds Charadriiformes
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Diurnal birds of prey Falconiformes
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Cranes, rails, and allies Gruiformes
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Woodpeckers, toucans, barbets and allies Piciformes
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Owls Strigiformes
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Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds Apodiformes
Mammals
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Mammals Mammalia
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Monotremes Prototheria
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Marsupials Metatheria
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Placental mammals Eutheria
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Armadillos, anteaters, and sloths Xenarthra
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Tenrecs and golden moles Afrosoricida
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Primates Primates
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Pikas, hares, and rabbits Lagomorpha
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Rodents Rodentia
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Hedgehogs, shrews, moles, and solenodons Eulipotyphla
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Bats Chiroptera
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Carnivores Carnivora
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Rhinoceroses, tapirs, and horses Perissodactyla
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Whales and even-toed ungulates Cetartiodactyla
Timetree of Life (2015) Download (>50,000 species)
Hedges, S. B., Marin, J., Suleski, M., Paymer M., Kumar, S. 2015. Tree of Life Reveals Clock-Like Speciation and Diversification. Mol Biol Evol (2015) 32: 835-845
Timetree of Life (2009) Download (1,610 families)
Hedges, S. B., Kumar, S. 2009. Discovering the timetree of life. Pp. 3-18 in The Timetree of Life, S. B. Hedges and S. Kumar, Eds. (Oxford University Press, New York, 2009).