Macrotaxonomy (animals) Flashcards
developed the first system of classifiation of animals
aristotle
Aristotle’s two major groups of animals
- Anaima
- Enaima
invertebrate organisms with absence of blood
anaima
vertebrates with presence of red blood
enaima
developed a hierarchical system of classification that grouped organisms based on their physical characteristics
Carl Linnaeus
had general ideas about the elemtal structures of living organisms which foreshadowed he later identification of the cell and development of cell theory
Lorenz Oken
claimed that there are fundamental units of life, which he called “infusoria”
Lorenz Oken
what did Lorenz Oken call he fundamental units of life
infusoria
means little animals
animalcules
Lorenz Oken structured a unique classification of animal classes into __ major groups according to their __ __
- five
- sense organs
one of the most significant systemf of classification
Linnaean System
classification of organisms on the basis of evolutionary histroy and general lineage of organisms
phylogenetic classification of animals
published earliest Darwinian trees of life
Ernst Haeckel
invented the cladogram
Willi Hennig
became the most influential systematist and taxonomist in the twentieth century by developing philiophy and methodology of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics)
Willi Hennig
