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RE: Linnaean hierarchy
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Dinogeorge@aol.com
>
> Of the terms
>
> Kingdom
> Phylum
> Class
> Order
> Family
> Genus
> Tribe
> Species
>
> which originated with Linnaeus and which were added to taxonomy
> later? Also,
> where would Division fit into this system, and was this a
> Linnaean term or
> not?
Linnaeus used:
Regnum (Kingdom)
Classis (Class)
Ordo (Order)
Genus
Species
The others were added later.
As for "Division": do you mean it the way vertebrate paleontologists use it,
or the way botanists use it? It was certain used in a Linnaean manner, but
was (like Phylum) introduced post-Linnaeus.
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Department of Geology Director, Earth, Life & Time Program
University of Maryland College Park Scholars
College Park, MD 20742
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/tholtz.htm
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