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Paraphyletic? taxon: Class Methanothermea Cavalier-Smith 2002 nom. rej. (prokaryote)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Bacteria - (Division) Archaebacteria

Phylogeny

Probably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 14: "*").

Original position

Neobacteria (Superclass) Cavalier-Smith 2002

Current position

Neobacteria (Superclass) Cavalier-Smith 2002 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 14). [new taxon]

Historical positions

Euryarchaeota (Phylum) Garrity and Holt 2002 stat. inval. Ref: J.P. Euzéby, 2016: [31 Aug 2017]. [alternative name]
Neobacteria (Superclass) Cavalier-Smith 2002 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002a: tbl. 1 (p. 14). [new taxon]
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