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The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural CausesHaeckel, Ernst

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The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes

Name: The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes
Author: Haeckel, Ernst

Haeckel, Ernst

Evolution; Heredity; Human beings -- Origin

9. Mammals
                                                         _Mammalia_
                                       8. Birds              |
                                         _Aves_              |
                                            |                |
                                       7. Reptiles           |
                                          _Reptilia_         |
                         5. Sea-dragons     |                |
                          _Halisauria_      \-------v--------/
                               |                    |
  Osseous fish                 |              =Amnion Animals=
  _Teleostei_    4. Mud-fish   |                +Amniota+
      |            _Dipneusta_ |                    |
      |               |        |                    |
      |               |        |              6. Batrachians
  Ganoid fish         |        |                 _Amphibia_
   _Ganoidei_         |        |                    |
      |               |        |                    |
      |               \--------------v--------------/
      |                              |
      |           Vertebrate animals breathing through lungs
      |                        _Amphipneumones_
      |                              |
      |                              |
      \------------v-----------------/
     Primæval fish      Selachii
      3. Fishes         _Pisces_
  =Double-nostriled=   +Amphirrhina+
                   |                          2. Round-mouthed
                   |                             _Cyclostoma_
                   |                                  |
                   |                                  |
                   \--------------------v-------------/
                   =Single-nostriled=       Monorrhina
                   =Animals with skulls=    +Craniota+

               1. Tube-hearted          |
                 _Leptocardia_          |
                       |                |
                       |                |
                       \---------v------/
            _Ascidiæ_            |
  Sea-barrels   |       =Skull-less Animals=
  _Thaliacea_   |           +Acrania+
      |         |       =Vertebrate Animals=
      |         |          +Vertebrata+
      \----v----/                |
           |                     |
  =Tunicate Animals=             |
       +Tunicata+                |
           |                     |
           |                     |
           \-----------v---------/
                       |
                     Worms
                    _Vermes_

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