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Le catalogue de la vie : Étude méthodologique sur la taxinomie
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ISBN: 2130542344 9782130542346 Year: 2004 Volume: *1 Publisher: Paris PUF

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Biological systematics : principles and applications
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ISBN: 9781501752773 1501752774 Year: 2021 Publisher: Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press,

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"The book addresses the methods and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics, taxonomy, and classification of living things). In particular, it emphasizes an empirical, cladistic approach, which espouses minimization of ad hoc hypotheses of evolution via the parsimony criterion for selecting preferred hypotheses of relationships, and recognition of groups based upon synapomorphies (inferred shared, derived character states) alone"--


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Five kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth
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ISBN: 0716719126 0716718855 9780716719120 Year: 1988 Publisher: New York, NY : W. H. Freeman,


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Macromolecular sequences in systematic and evolutionary biology
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ISBN: 0306410613 1468442856 146844283X 9780306410611 Year: 1982 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Plenum Press

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L'arbre à remonter le temps : les rencontres de la systématique et de l'évolution
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ISSN: 11401680 ISBN: 2267007126 9782267007121 Year: 1991 Publisher: [Paris] : C. Bourgois,

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Charles Darwin's barnacle and David Bowie's spider : how scientific names celebrate adventurers, heroes, and even a few scoundrels
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ISBN: 0300238282 9780300238280 Year: 2020 Publisher: New Haven: Yale university press,

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Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes. This charming, informative, and accessible history examines the fascinating stories behind taxonomic nomenclature, from Linnaeus himself naming a small and unpleasant weed after a rival botanist to the recent influx of scientific names based on pop-culture icons - including David Bowie's spider, Frank Zappa's jellyfish, and Beyoncé's fly. Exploring the naming process as an opportunity for scientists to express themselves in creative ways, Stephen B. Heard's fresh approach shows how scientific names function as a window into both the passions and foibles of the scientific community and as a more general indicator of the ways in which humans relate to, and impose order on, the natural world.


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Classification and biology
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ISBN: 0435629840 9780435629847 Year: 1971 Publisher: London : Heinemann Educational Books,

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Biological systematics : principles and applications
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ISBN: 0801436753 9780801436758 Year: 2000 Publisher: Ithaca Cornell University Press

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The geology and vertebrate paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA
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Year: 2018 Publisher: Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian institution scholarly press,

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The last comprehensive review of the fossil vertebrates from the Miocene of Calvert Cliffs was published more than 100 years ago. This volume is a collection of papers that updates some of the geological features of Calvert Cliffs and provides reviews of the fossil biota that includes representatives from the following taxonomic groups: chondrichthyans (chimaeras, shark, skates, and rays), actinopterygians (ray-finned fishes), crocodilians (crocodiles), pinnipeds (seals), and sirenians (sea cows). Peter Vogt, Ralph R. Eshelman, and Stephen J. Godfrey document how the 20-40 m (65-130 feet) high Calvert Cliffs along the Western Shore of Chesapeake Bay continue to yield insights into 18-8 Ma (middle Miocene) geology, marine and terrestrial vertebrate fauna, and origin and evolution of Chesapeake Bay and Calvert Cliffs up to the present. These exposures rank high among the best-known fossiliferous deposits of any age. Bretton W. Kent describes the cartilaginous fish (the chondrichthyan) fauna consisting of 53 species; three chimaeras (ratfishes), 38 sharks, and 12 skates and rays; a fauna rich in large macrophagous sharks and large neritic rays. Giorgio Carnevale and Stephen J. Godfrey present an account of the 38 actinopterygian taxa known from osteological remains and a diverse otolith assemblage of at least 55 taxa. These actinopterygians show an affinity for well-oxygenated muddy and sandy substrates dominated by shallow water species characteristic of the inner shelf, and secondarily by epipelagic taxa. Robert E. Weems details the crocodilians referable to the tomistomine Thecachampsa. The closest living relative is Tomistoma schlegelii, the false-gharial of Southeast Asia. Two species are present: Thecachampsa sericodon and T. antiquus.--


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Five kingdoms : an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth
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ISBN: 0716712121 071671213X 9780716712121 Year: 1982 Publisher: San Francisco : W. H. Freeman,

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