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Living fossils of the world (Phylogenetic tree) - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Clicking the Organism name shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.
It is the living fossil that the fossil of a species has same appearance as the extant species. The explanation in branckets is the age evolved. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
  • Kingdom Plantae
    • Phylum Lycopodiophyta
      Lycophyta (Horsetails)   (359.2 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Selaginella)   (318.1 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Dicksonia)   (268 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Tree ferns)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Marattoid ferns)   (216.5 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Gleichenia)   (183.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Clubmosses)   (161.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Osmunda)   (140.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Isoetes)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Azolla)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
    • Phylum Gymnosperms
      Plant (Firs)   (237 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Pines)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Ginkgo)   (199.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Araucaria)   (175.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Spruces)   (171.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cycad)   (155.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cryptomeria)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Coast Redwood   (23.03 Mya～; １１５．６１m)
    • Phylum Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      Plant (Laurus)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sassafras)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Magnolia)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cinnamomum)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Persea)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Camphor Laurel (65.5 Mya～)
      • Class Monocotyledon (Monocots)
        Plant (Sweetgum)   (145.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Potamogeton)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Bur-reed)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
      • Class Eudicotyledoneae (Eudicots)
        Plant (Plane tree)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Fig trees)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Prunus)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Oak)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Beech)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Spikenard)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Pandanus)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Buckthorn)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Poplar)   (89.3 Mya～; (Great Dying⑤), (Cercidiphyllum)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Nothofagus)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Juglans)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
  • Kingdom Animalia
    • Phylum Porifera (Sponge)
      Sponge (Cloud sponges　)   (109 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Farrea)   (94.3 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
    • Phylum Porifera
      • Class Anthozoa (Corals, Sea anemones)
        Coral (Favia)   (171.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cladocora)   (164.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Favites)   (150.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Lobophyllia)   (150.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cycloseris)   (136.4 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Plesiastrea)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Hydnophora)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Oculina)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Hexagonal coral)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Goniopora)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Blue coral)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Balanophyllia)   (85.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Corallium)   (85.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Madracis)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Stylophora)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Dendrophyllia)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
      • Class Hydrozoa (Hhydroids, hydra-like animals)
        Coral (Fire corals)   (388.1 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤)
    • Phylum Arthropod
      • Subphylum Chelicerata (Horseshoe crabs, Scorpions, Spiders, Mites)
        • Class Merostomata (Horseshoe crabs, Sea scorpions)
          Spider (Golden silk orb-weavers)   (167.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Goblin spider)   (112.03 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Segestria)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Wall spider)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          Horseshoe
          crab          		 Atlantic Horseshoe Crab   (135 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
      • Subphylum Hexapoda (Insects, others)
        • Class Insecta (Insects)
          Dragonfly Mukashi Tombo   (150 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          Cricket (Schizodactylus)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          Cockroach (Paratropes)   (94.3 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Beatle roach)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          Bee (Embolemus)   (112.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          Beetle (Chlaenius)   (150.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Glaphyrus)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Echinocnemus)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          Shrimp (Penaeus)   (199.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
    • Phylum Brachiopoda (Lamp shells)
      Lamp shell (Lingula shells)   (488.3 Mya～; Great Dying①②③④⑤)
    • Phylum Mollusca
      • Class Gastropoda (Abalone, Limpets, Conch, Nudibranchs)
        • Subclass Eogastropoda
          Snail (Patella)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Scurria)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Whitecap limpets)   (203.6 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Cymbula)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Nacella)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
        • Subclass Orthogastropoda
          • Superorder Vetigastropoda (Limpets)
            Snail (Pleurotomaria)   (428.2 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Turbo)   (388 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Trochus)   (268 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Phasianella)   (253.8 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Umbonium)   (237 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Emarginula)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Calliostoma) (216.5 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Monodonta)   (167.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Angaria)   (161.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Fissurella)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Diodora)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Haliotis)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Perotrochus)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          • Superorder Caenogastropoda (Marine gastropods)
            Snail (Pagoda shells)   (460.9 Mya～; Great Dying①②③④⑤), (Cypraecassis)   (391.9 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Natica)   (388.1 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Potamides)   (265 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Siliquaria)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Turret shells)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Fusinus)   (228 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Aporrhais)   (203.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤④), (Viviparus)   (167.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Globularia)   (171.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Vermicularia)   (167.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Bittium)   (161.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Strombus)   (140.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Arrhoges)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Triton)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Murex)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Slipper limpets)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cowry)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Epitonium)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Neptunea)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Tulip snail)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Conus)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Rapa)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Xenophora)   (93.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Campanile)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Tibia)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Scaphella)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Stellaria)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Busycon)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          • Superorder Heterobranchia (different-gilled snails)
            Snail (Chemnitzia)   (260.5 Mya)
      • Class Cephalopoda (Squid, Octopus, Cuttlefish, Nautilus)
        • Subclass Nautiloidea
          Nautilus (Nautilus)   (339.4 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤)
      • Class Bivalvia (Clams, Oysters, Scallops, Mussels)
        • Subclass Palaeotaxodonta
          Bivalve (Nut clams)   (479 Mya)
        • Subclass Cryptodonta
          Bivalve (Solemya)   (421.3 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤)
        • Subclass Pteriomorphia (Oysters, Mussels)
          Bivalve (Mytilus)   (418.7 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Pteria)   (418.1 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Cucullaea)   (376.1 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Pecten)   (349.5 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Pinna)   (349.5 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Amusium)   (336 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (File shells)   (312 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Ark clams)   (268 Mya～; Great Dying①②③④⑤), (Anomia)   (268 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Chlamys)   (265 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Isognomon)   (253.8 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Atrina)   (245 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Aequipecten)   (245 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Spondylus)   (199.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Barbatia)   (167.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Crassostrea)   (145.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Anadara)   (140.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Glycymeris)   (125 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Pinctada)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
        • Subclass Heterodonta (Clams, Cockles)
          Bivalve (Astarte)   (460.9 Mya～; Great Dying①②③④⑤), (Lucina)   (388.1 Mya～; Great Dying②③④), (Tellina)   (245 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Mactra)   (196.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Codakia)   (150.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Laevicardium)   (145.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Siliqua)   (145.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Callista)   (117.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Pitar)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
      • Class Scaphopoda (Tusk shells)
        Tusk shell (Dentalium)   (422.9 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (Fissidentalium)   (359.2 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Antalis)   (345.3 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤)
    • Phylum Echinodermata (Sea lilies, Sea stars, Sea urchins, Sea cucumbers)
      Brittle star (Ophioderma)   (253.8 Mya～; Great Dying③④⑤), (Ophiomusium)   (245 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Ophiura)   (203.6 Mya～; Great Dying④⑤), (Ophiocoma)   (161.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Amphiura)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Asteronyx)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
      Starfish (Asterias)   (199.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Astropecten)   (167.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Pteraster)   (83.5 MYa～; Great Dying⑤)
      Sea urchin (Cidaris)   (245 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Diadema)   (199.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Spatangus)   (85.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Centrostephanus)   (84.9 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
    • Phylum Chordate
      • Subphylum Vertebra
        • Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)
          • Class Chondrichthyes (Ray, Shark)
            • Subclass Holocephali (Complete head)
              Chimaeras (Ghost sharks)   (201.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
            • Subclass Elasmobranchii (Sharks, Rays, Skates)
              • Superorder Batoidea (Rays, Skates)
                Ray (Bullhead sharks)   (183.7 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sawfishes)   (161.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Rhinobatos)   (150.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Eagle rays)   (145.5 Mya～; (Great Dying⑤), (Stingrays)   (136.4 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Raja)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cownose ray)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
              • Superorder Selachimorpha (Sharks)
                Shark (Angel sharks)   (161.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Mackerel sharks)   (145.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Centroscymnus)   (136.4 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Cat sharks)   (136.4 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sand sharks)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Echinorhinus)   (105.3 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Squalus)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (School sharks)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Mako sharks)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sawsharks)   (85.8 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Frilled sharks)   (84 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Blind sharks)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sharpnose sevengill shark)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sixgill sharks)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Tawny nurse shark)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          • Class Sarcopterygii (Four-limbed vertebrate, Coelacanth, Lungfish)
            Coelacanth Indonesian coelacanth   (410 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), Comorese coelacanth   (410 Mya～; Great Dying②③④⑤), (African lungfish)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), South American lungfish   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          • Class Actinopterygii (Most living fishes)
            Fish African arowana (228 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Silver arowana (171.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Asian arowana   (140 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Paddlefishes)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Gars)   (105.3 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Queensland lungfish   (100 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Bonefishes)   (99.6 Mya～; (Great Dying⑤), (Sturgeons)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Gars)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Sturgeons)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Bowfin   (16.3 Mya～)
          • Class Amphibia
            Frog Purple frog   (100 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Common clawed frogs)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Jungle toad)   (70.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
          • Class Sauropsida (Non mammal-like reptiles)
            • Subclass Anapsida (No arch near the temples)
              Turtle (Chelonia)   (140.2 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Trionyx)   (130 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (South American side-necked river turtles)   (99.6 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Erymnochelys)   (89.3 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Emys)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
            • Subclass Diapsida (Two arches near the temples)
              • Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha (Lizards, Snakes, Tuatara)
                Lizard Tuatara   (200 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), Brother's Island tuatara   (200 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
              • Infraclass Archosauromorpha (Crocodiles, Pterosaurs, Dinosaurs)
                Crocodile (Crocodile)   (112 Mya～; Great Dying⑤), (Alligator) (66 Mya～)
          • Class Aves
            Bird Hoatzin   (48 Mya～)
          • Class Mammalia
            • Subclass Theria (Wild animal)
              • Infraclass Metatheria (Marsupials)
                Monotreme Platypus   (5.33 Mya～)
                Opossum (Opossums)   (83.5 Mya～; Great Dying⑤)
                Monito del monte Colocolo   (46 Mya～)
                Diprotodont Koala   (1.81 Mya～)
              • Infraclass Eutheria (Placentals)
                Aardvark Aardvark   (5.33 Mya～)
                Elephant shrew (Elephant shrews)   (40.4 Mya～)
                Rodent Cypriot Mouse  , Laotian rock rat  , Mountain Beaver   (0.126 Mya～)
                Rabbit Volcano Rabbit  , Amami Rabbit   (1.81 Mya～)
                Carnivora Red Panda   (4.5 Mya～), Iriomote Cat   (0.2 Mya～)