Sentence examples for zoological classification from inspiring English sources
He did this by introducing fossils into zoological classification, showing the progressive relation between rock strata and their fossil remains, and by demonstrating, in his comparative anatomy and his reconstructions of fossil skeletons, the importance of functional and anatomical relationships.
Linnaeus is widely regarded as the founder of modern taxonomy, responsible (in 1735) for introducing the concept of hierarchical ordering of botanical and zoological classification.
Targioni conceived a system of classification by merging zoological and paleontological collections, presenting fossils as documents that have traveled "innumerable centuries," bringing us evidences of former life forms.
The designation of species originates in taxonomy, where the species is the fundamental unit of classification recognized by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature.
He presented the theory successively in his Recherches sur l'organisation des corps vivans (1802; "Research on the Organization of Living Bodies"), his Philosophie zoologique (1809; "Zoological Philosophy"), and the introduction to his great multivolume work on invertebrate classification, Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres (1815 22; "Natural History of Invertebrate Animals").
Since classification schemes aim to depict relationships, it is logical to consider humans and great apes as hominids, that is, members of the same zoological family, Hominidae.
Zoological Society, at Avery Fisher Hall.
A zoological musical revue.
Zoological Society, at Philharmonic Hall.
Quebec Zoological Garden is nearby.
