Table of Contents

A-Z list of clades

SECTION 1 1.Pan-Biota 2.Biota 3.Eukarya 4.Metamonada 5.Discoba 6.Discicristata 7.Euglenozoa 8.Sar 9.Stramenopila 10.Rhizaria 11.Foraminifera 12.Alveolata 13.Ciliophora 14.Postciliodesmatophora 15.Intramacronucleata 16.Amorphea 17.Opisthokonta 18.Fungi 19.Dikarya 20.Basidiomycota 21.Ascomycota Metazoa SECTION 2 22.Archaeplastida 23.Rhodoplantae 24.Cyanidiales 25.Rhodophyta 26.Proteorhodophytina 27.Compsopogonophyceae 28.Porphyridiophyceae 29.Rhodellophyceae 30.Stylonematales 31.Eurhodophytina 32.Bangiales 33.Florideophyceae 34.Hildenbrandiales 35.Nemaliophycidae 36.Corallinophycidae 37.Ahnfeltiophycidae 38.Rhodymeniophycidae 39.Viridiplantae 40.Chlorophyta 41.Charophyta 42.Klebsormidiophyceae 43.Phragmoplastophyta 44.Zygnematophyceae 45.Coleochaetophyceae
46.Charophyceae Embryophyta SECTION 3 47.Embryophyta 48.Hepaticae 49.Musci 50.Anthocerotae 51.Pan-Tracheophyta 52.Apo-Tracheophyta 53.Tracheophyta 54.Pan-Lycopodiophyta 55.Lycopodiophyta 56.Pan-Euphyllophyta 57.Euphyllophyta 58.Monilophyta 59.Pan-Spermatophyta 60.Apo-Spermatophyta 61.Spermatophyta 62.Pan-Gnetophyta 63.Gnetophyta 64.Pan-Coniferae 65.Coniferae 66.Cupressophyta 67.Pan-Angiospermae Angiospermae SECTION 4 68.Angiospermae 69.Mesangiospermae 70.Magnoliidae 71.Monocotyledoneae 72.Petrosaviidae 73.Commelinidae 74.Poineae 75.Tricolpatae 76.Eudicotyledoneae 77.Gunneridae 78.Pentapetalae 79.Superrosidae 80.Rosidae 81.Malvidae 82.Myrtales 83.Fabidae 84.Leguminosae 85.Superasteridae 86.Caryophyllales 87.Asteridae 88.Ericales 89.Ericaceae 90.Gentianidae 91.Campanulidae 92.Apiidae 93.Campanulaceae 94.Campanuloideae 95.Lobelioideae 96.Lamiidae 97.Lamianae 98.Gentianales 99.Rubiaceae 100.Solanales 101.Solanaceae 102.Convolvulaceae 103.Lamiales 104.Bignoniaceae 105.Orobanchaceae 106.Labiatae107.Nepetoideae SECTION 5 108.Metazoa 109.Porifera 110.Demospongiae 111.Hexactinellida 112.Homoscleromorpha 113.Calcispongia 114.Cnidaria 115.Anthozoa 116.Hexacorralia 117.Octocorallia 118.Medusozoa 119.Cubozoa 120.Hydrozoa 121.Trachylina 122.Hydroidolina 123.Siphonophora 124.Bilateria 125.Protostomia 126.Lophotrochozoa 127.Annelida 128.Rhabdocoela 129.Dalytyphloplanida 130.Kalyptorhynchia 131.Schizorhynchia 132.Pan-Brachiopoda 133.Brachiopoda 134.Pan-Neoarticulata 135.Neoarticulata 136.Cephalopoda 137.Nautilus 138.Neocoleoidea 139.Decapodiformes 140.Vampyroteuthis 141.Octopoda 142.Ecdysozoa 143.Nematomorpha 144.Pan-Nematoda 145.Nematoda 146.Branchiopoda 147.Insecta 148.Trichoptera 149.Polycarpidea 150.Prochaelata 151.Araneae 152.Mesothelae 153.Opisthothelae 154.Mygalomorphae 155.Araneomorphae 156.Orbicularae 157.Deuterostomia 158.Ambulacraria 159.Hemichordata 160.Enteropneusta 161.Pterobranchia 162.Pan-Echinodermata 163.Echinodermata 164.Edrioasterida† 165.Isorophida† 166.Isorophina† 167.Agelacrinitidae† 168.Lepidodiscina† 169.Discocystinae† 170.Chordata 171.Cephalochordata 172.Tunicata SECTION 6 173.Pan-Gnathostomata 174.Apo-Gnathostomata 175.Gnathostomata 176.Pan-Osteichthyes 177.Osteichthyes 178.Pan-Actinopterygii 179.Actinopterygii 180.Pan-Actinopteri 181.Actinopteri 182.Pan-Neopterygii 183.Neopterygii 184.Pan-Teleostei 185.Teleostei 186.Ostariophysi 187.Otophysi 188.Pan-Siluriformes 189.Siluriformes 190.Stegocephali 191.Labyrinthodontia 192.Anthracosauria† 193.Seymouriamorpha† 194.Tetrapoda 195.Amphibia 196.Lissamphibia 197.Gymnophiona 198.Caudata 199.Pan-Amniota 200.Amniota SECTION 7 201.Pan-Mammalia1 202.Synapsida1 203.Therapsida 204.Cynodontia 205.Mammaliamorpha 206.Mammaliaformes 207.Mammalia 208.Pan-Monotremata 209.Monotremata 210.Pan-Xenarthra 211.Xenarthra 213.Scandentia 214.Pan-Primates 215.Primates 216.Apo-Chiroptera 217.Chiroptera 218.Yinpterochiroptera 219.Yangochiroptera 220.Ungulata 221.Artiodactyla 222.Pan-Cetacea 223.Cetacea 224.Pan-Bovidae 225.Cavicornia 226.Bovidae 227.Bovinae 228.Antilopinae 229.Pan-Carnivora 230.Carnivora 231.Pan-Feliformia 232.Feliformia 233.Pan-Caniformia 234.Caniformia 235.Pan-Arctoidea 236.Arctoidea 237.Pan-Pinnipedia 238.Pinnipedia SECTION 8 239.Reptilia 240.Diapsida 241.Pan-Testudines 242.Testudinata 243.Testudines 244.Pan-Pleurodira 245.Pleurodira 246.Pan-Cryptodira 247.Cryptodira 248.Sauria 249.Pan-Lepidosauria 250.Lepidosauria 251.Pan-Squamata 252.Squamata 253.Mosasauridae† 254.Pan-Gekkota 255.Gekkota 256.Pan-Amphisbaenia 257.Amphisbaenia 258.Pan-Serpentes 259.Serpentes 260.Pan-Iguania 261.Iguania 262.Pan-Iguanidae 263.Iguanidae 264.Pan-Acrodonta 265.Acrodonta 266.Pan-Archosauria 267.Archosauromorpha 268.Archosauriformes 269.Archosauria 270.Pterosauromorpha† 271.Pterosauria† 272.Pterodactyloidea† 273.Dinosauria 274.Saurischia 275.Sauropodomorpha† 276.Theropoda 277.Aves 278.Galloanserae 279.Cuculidae 280.Mirandornithes 281.Charadriiformes 282.Procellariiformes 283.Strigiformes 284.Picidae 285.Psittaciformes 286.Daedalornithes 287.Apodiformes

About the Author

Kevin de Queiroz is a vertebrate, evolutionary, and systematic biologist. He has worked in the phylogenetics and evolutionary biology of squamate reptiles, the development of a unified species concept and of a phylogenetic approach to biological nomenclature, and the philosophy of systematic biology. He received a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles (1978), a M.S. in Zoology from San Diego State University (1985), and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of California, Berkeley (1989). He was a Tilton Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Academy of Sciences and is currently a Research Zoologist and a curator of the collection of Amphibians and Reptiles at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. He is a former president of the Society of Systematic Biologists and was the first president of the International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature.

D. Cantino received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is currently Professor Emeritus in Environmental and Plant Biology at ohio University. His primary interests are angiosperm systematics (with emphasis on the phylogeny and taxonomy of Labiatae) and phylogenetic nomenclature, an alternative to traditional biological nomenclature that is designed to name the parts of the tree of life by explicit reference to phylogeny. He is an active member of the Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature.

Jacques Gauthier received a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Zoology at San Diego State University, and a PhD in Paleontology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1984. Currently he is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Vertebrate Zoology at Yale University. His published works include a classic work on the paleontology and phylogeny of the lizard clade Anguimorpha, the first major cladistic analysis of Diapsida, which argued for the monophyly of the dinosaurs, and an important paper on the origin of birds from theropods. Gauthier's corpus is remarkable in that he contributed the foundational phylogenetic studies of Archosauria and Lepidosauria, two major amniote clades; and he was the primary author of the foundational and still widely cited phylogenetic study of Amniota as a whole. More recently, he has argued together with Kevin de Queiroz for replacing Linnaean taxonomy with the PhyloCode. In addition to his theoretical work on systematics and taxonomy, Gauthier continues to study the anatomy and relationships of diapsids, particularly lepidosaurs. His lizard work currently focuses on Scincomorpha, following on a career-long interest in the unusual clade Xantusiidae.