Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Bacteria - (Phylum) Deinococcus-Thermus - (Class) Deinococci - (Order) Thermales - (Family) Thermaceae

Subsequent positions

Deinococci (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1998		Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 100. [assumed]
Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2001		Ref: M.S. da Costa & F.A. Rainey, 2001: 404. [assumed]

Current position

Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2002

Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 38.

Alternative positions

Deinobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1986	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 218. [rough position]
Deinococci (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1998	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 100. [rough position]
Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2001	Ref: M.S. da Costa & F.A. Rainey, 2001: 404. [new position]

Historical positions

Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2002	Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [8 Sep 2017]. [available name]
Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2002	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2007: 38.
Hadobacteria (Class) Cavalier-Smith 2002	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: 10. [rough position]
Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2001	Ref: G.M. Garrity et al., 2001b: 3. [new position]
Thermaceae (Family) Da Costa and Rainey 2001	Ref: M.S. da Costa & F.A. Rainey, 2001: 404; xvi. [new position]
Deinococci (Phylum) Margulis and Schwartz 1998	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 100. [rough position]
Deinobacteria (Subphylum) Cavalier-Smith 1986	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 2 (p. 218). [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	8s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[8s]
2007	G.M. Garrity et al.	[8s]