Universal Ancestor

Domain Bacteria
(Escherichia coli)
-Ester Linkages
-Contains DNA
-NO Membrane bound organelles present
-Contain peptidoglycan

Common Ancestor

Domain Arhaea

Domain Archaea
(Methanobrevibacter smithii)
-Ether Linkages
-Contains DNA
-NO Membrane bound organelles present
-Does NOT Contain peptidoglycan

Domain Eukarya

Archaeplastida

Rhodophytes (Red Algae)

Common Anchestor

Chlorophytes

Common Anchestor

Charophytes

Kingdom Plante

Liverworts
- Sporic
- Presence of Embryo
- Desiccation-resistant (walled) spores
- Apical meristems
- Presence of gametangia
- Presence of Sporangia
- No Presence of Lignin
- Diffusion/Osmosis is used to circulate Water & Sugars
- No true Leaves
- Gametophyte (Dominant Generation)
- No thick waxy cuticle
- No Stomata

Common Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)

Common Ancestor

Mosses
- Sporic
- Presence of Embryo
- Desiccation-resistant (walled) spores
- Apical meristems
- Presence of gametangia
- Presence of Sporangia
- No Presence of Lignin
- Diffusion/Osmosis is used to circulate Water & Sugars
- No true Leaves
- Gametophyte (Dominant Generation)
- No thick waxy cuticle
- No Stomata

Woolly Feather Moss (Tomentypnum nitens)

Common Ancestor

Hornworts
- Sporic
- Presence of Embryo
- Desiccation-resistant (walled) spores
- Apical meristems
- Presence of gametangia
- Presence of Sporangia
- No Presence of Lignin
- Diffusion/Osmosis is used to circulate Water & Sugars
- No true Leaves
- Gametophyte (Dominant Generation)
- No thick waxy cuticle
- No Stomata

Field hornwort (Anthoceros agrestis)

Common Anchestor
Vascular Plants

Lycophytes
(club mosses,spike mosses,quillworts)
- Sporic
- Presence of Embryo
- Desiccation-resistant (walled) spores
- Apical meristems
- Presence of gametangia
- Presence of Sporangia
- Presence of Lignin
- Xylem & Phloem is used to circulate Water & Sugars
- Lychophylls
- Sporophyte (Dominant Generation)
- Thick waxy cuticle
- YES Stomata

Fan clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)

Megaphytills

Monilophytes
(ferns,horsetails,whisk ferns)
- Sporic
- Presence of Embryo
- Desiccation-resistant (walled) spores
- Apical meristems
- Presence of gametangia
- Presence of Sporangia
- Presence of Lignin
- Xylem & Phloem is used to circulate Water & Sugars
- Megaphylls
- Sporophyte (Dominant Generation)
- Thick waxy cuticle
- YES Stomata

Eastern Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)

Seed Plants

Gymnosperms
- Pollen
- Heterospory
- Wood
- Ovaries

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

Angiosperms
- seeds
- flowers
- fruit
- ovules
- Endosperm

Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba)

Unikonta

Amebozoa
Pseudopodia that extend like tubes or flat lobes

Slime Mold

Opisthokonta
Single posterior flagellum on swimming cells

Fungi
- Multicellular
- Absorptive heterotrophy
- Cell Wall
- Zygotic life cycle

Black Bread Mold (Rhizopusstolonifer)

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Choanoflagellates

Kingdom Animalia
-multicellularity
- absorptive heterotrophy
- mobility
- complex organ systems
- gametic life cycle

Eumetazoa

Common Ancestor

Bilateria
-Tripoblasty
-bilateral symmetry

Common Ancestor

Protostomia
- spiral and determinate cleavage
- blastopore becomes mouth
• cephalization

Ecdysozoa
- Bilateral Symmetry
- Diploblasty
- Spiral and determinate Cleavage
-blastopore becomes the mouth
-Ecdysis

Arthropoda

Class Hexapoda

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Class Crustacea

Chesapeake Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)

Class Chelicerata

Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)

Nematoda

Roundworm(Caenorhabditis elecgans)

Lophotrochzoa
- Bilateral Symmetry
- Triploblasty
- Spiral and determinate Cleavage
-blastopore becomes the mouth
-Presence of
trochophore larvae or
lophophore

Platyhelminthes

Class Rhabditophorans

Macrostomum lignano

Clade trematoda

Sheep Liver Fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

Class Cestoda

Pork Tapeworm (Taenia solium)

Annelida
-Cephalization

Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)

Mollusca

Class Gastropoda

Golden Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata)

Class Bivalva

Soft Shell Clam (Mya arenaria

Class Cephalopoda

Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)

Deuuterostomia
- Triploblasty
- Radical and indeterminate Cleavage
-

Echinodermata
- Water Vascular System

Clade Asteroidea

Giant Sea Star (Pisaster giganteus)

Clade Ophiuroidea

Serpent Star (Ophiura ophiura)

Clade Echinoidea

Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)

Clade Holothuroidea

California sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus)

Chordata
•Notochord
•Hollow dorsal nerve chord
•Pharyngeal slits
•Post anal tail

Common Ancestor

Vertebrae
-Cranium
-Vertebral Column
-Ectotherm

- Jaws
- Cartilaginous Skelton

Subtopic

Common Ancestor

Limbs with Digits

Amniotic Egg

Mammals
- Hair
- Milk
-Endotherm

(American Black Bear (Ursus americanus))
-Ester Linkages
-Contains DNA
-Membrane bound organelles present
-When Present DOES NOT Contain peptidoglycan

Reptilia

Ectotherm (Non-bird Reptiles)