The Tree of Life in an interesting layout, showing mass extinctions. Not all extinct species are shown.
Time from Earth-birth is radial, shown by concentric ovals. Interesting to note how some families/phyla burst into radiance following a mass extinction of a predecessor.
Took me a minute to figure out what it was saying, but very cool graphic - lots of information. But one wants it about the size of a bed sheet, to see all the detail.
ReplyDeleteOh, my... that's a lovely way to visualize the information!
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