Pedigree: Family Desulfurococcaceae

The PEDIGREE of

Family Desulfurococcaceae

"Child(ren)": Genus Ignicoccus (in phylum Crenarchaeota) ; Thermosphaera ; Staphylothermus (extreme thermophile : largest known archaeote) ; Acidococcus ; Aeropyrum ; Desulfurococcus ; Stetteria ; Sulfophobococcus ; Thermodiscus

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														/	-- Earth of Cryptic Era (Hadean Eon) +	====> [ 33]
													/	-- Earth of Basin Groups Era (Hadean Eon)
												/	-- Earth of Nectarian Era (Hadean Eon)
											/	-- Earth of Lower Imbrian Era (Hadean Eon)
										/	-- Earth of Eoarchean Era (Archean Eon)
									/	-- Non-reproducing Precursor Organism
								/	-- Earliest life (Based on Peptide Nucleic Acid)
								\|	\	/ or: polyamide nucleic acid
								\|	\|	/ or: glycol nucleic acid or: threose nucleic acid
								/	\	-- Montmorillonite-based Vesicles
							/	-- Earlier life (Based on RNA) (3850+ M BC)
							/		/ (skip this generation?)
						/	-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
					/	-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
					\|	\	/ OR: Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) +									====> [ 9]
					\|	\|	/	-- Alkaline hydrothermal vents
					/	\	-- Tiny cavities in iron sulphide rocks
				/	-- Domain of Archaeota
				/		/ OR: prob. not (NN), a peculiar Symbiote +										====> [ 51]
			/	-- Kingdom Crenarchaeota
		/	-- Phylum Crenarchaeota (Eocytes)
	/	-- Class Thermoprotei
/	-- Order Desulfurococcales
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- Family Desulfurococcaceae