Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
Encyclopedia
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive is an amateur paleontology website maintained by Mikko Haaramo, a student at the University of Helsinki
's Department of Geology, Division of Geology and Palaeontology.
The project is aimed at collecting phylogenetic trees
of all organisms. Each page presents a cladogram that is hyperlink
ed to its parent and daughter cladograms, plus a section for references. Taxa of uncertain relationship are indicated by a question mark. No indication is given for what part of the cladogram is based on which specific references.
The site was originally simply named "Life as We Know It", and with the Dinosauricon it was the first web-site to use an ascii
text-based format for showing cladograms.
Although the Archive has been hosted by the Finnish Museum of the Natural History and now the University of Helsinki
's servers, the museum has no formal affiliation with it. Haaramo points out that the site is a private project, is not peer-reviewed, and should not be used as a scientific reference.
As of 11 May 2006, Mikko's Phylogeny Archive contains nearly 4,600 pages, most of them cladograms or taxonomic listings. Together with Palaeos
and the Paleobiology Database
it provides a near comprehensive listing of many groups, genera and species of extinct organisms, along with recent taxa.
While Haaramo had the intention of keeping the site alive and updated, he has found little time for that, and the site was last updated 1 November 2010.
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
's Department of Geology, Division of Geology and Palaeontology.
The project is aimed at collecting phylogenetic trees
Cladogram
A cladogram is a diagram used in cladistics which shows ancestral relations between organisms, to represent the evolutionary tree of life. Although traditionally such cladograms were generated largely on the basis of morphological characters, DNA and RNA sequencing data and computational...
of all organisms. Each page presents a cladogram that is hyperlink
Hyperlink
In computing, a hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks...
ed to its parent and daughter cladograms, plus a section for references. Taxa of uncertain relationship are indicated by a question mark. No indication is given for what part of the cladogram is based on which specific references.
The site was originally simply named "Life as We Know It", and with the Dinosauricon it was the first web-site to use an ascii
ASCII
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is a character-encoding scheme based on the ordering of the English alphabet. ASCII codes represent text in computers, communications equipment, and other devices that use text...
text-based format for showing cladograms.
Although the Archive has been hosted by the Finnish Museum of the Natural History and now the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
's servers, the museum has no formal affiliation with it. Haaramo points out that the site is a private project, is not peer-reviewed, and should not be used as a scientific reference.
As of 11 May 2006, Mikko's Phylogeny Archive contains nearly 4,600 pages, most of them cladograms or taxonomic listings. Together with Palaeos
Palaeos
Palaeos.com is a web site on biology, paleontology, cladistics and geology and which covers the history of Earth. The site is well respected and has been used as a reference by professional paleontologists such as Michael J. Benton, the professor of vertebrate palaeontology in the Department of...
and the Paleobiology Database
Paleobiology Database
' is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.-History:The Paleobiology Database was founded in 2000. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council...
it provides a near comprehensive listing of many groups, genera and species of extinct organisms, along with recent taxa.
While Haaramo had the intention of keeping the site alive and updated, he has found little time for that, and the site was last updated 1 November 2010.