Week 7/8 Flashcards
1
Q
Carl Linnaeus
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invented taxonomy and binomial naming system
2
Q
rule of priority
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once a species is named it stays that way
3
Q
Holotype
A
the example of a species as outlined in a paper
4
Q
morphological variations
A
ontogenetic
individual
taphonomic
interspecific
infraspecific
5
Q
synapomorphy
A
a shared derived character
6
Q
Thomas Henry Huxley
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worked with Darwin and liked evolution
-proposed birds descended from dinosaurs showing archaeopteryx as proof
-later confirmed by Sinosauropteryx
7
Q
Archaeopteryx
A
small feathered dinosaur that gave Thomas Henry Huxley the idea that birds came from dinosaurs
8
Q
Sinosauropteryx
A
small feathered dinosaur helping prove the birds came from dinosaurs
