From: A molecular timescale of eukaryote evolution and the rise of complex multicellular life
Group or nodea | Age (Ma) | Maximum cell types | |
---|---|---|---|
 |  | Squared-change parsimony | Linear parsimony |
Node 1 | 310 | 118 | 120 |
Node 2 | 360 | 114 | 120 |
Node 3 | 450 | 104 | 120 |
Node 4 | 520 | 77 | 68 |
Node 9 | 558 | 6.1 | 5 |
Node 17 | 717 | 28.5 | 26 |
Node 10 | 723 | 3.1 | 3 |
Node 14 | 954 | 5.7 | 3 |
Node 18 | 956 | 15.5 | 9.5 |
Node 5 | 974 | 60 | 68 |
Node 13 | 974 | 5.7 | 3 |
Node 11 | 985 | 4.3 | 3 |
Node 12 | 1024 | 3.7 | 3 |
Node 6 | 1308 | 33.9 | 22 |
Node 7 | 1355 | 19.9 | 16 |
Node 19 | 1423 | 12.7 | 9.5 |
Node 8 | 1450 | 9.7 | 3 |
Node 15 | 1547 | 7.3 | 3 |
Node 16 | 1586 | 6.3 | 3 |
Node 20 | 1624 | 8.7 | 8.5 |
Node 22 | 1956 | 7.2 | 8.5 |
Node 21 | 1956 | 7.2 | 8.5 |
Node 23 | 2291 | 3.9 | 2 |