Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles
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Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles is a scientific work by Alexandre Brongniart that proposes a systematic, natural classification of reptile species.
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Target entity: Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles Context triple: [Alexandre Brongniart, hasWork, Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles]
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Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles de quadrupèdes
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Generelle Morphologie der Organismen
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The Geographical Distribution of Animals
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The New Systematics
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Target entity: Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles Target entity description: Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles is a scientific work by Alexandre Brongniart that proposes a systematic, natural classification of reptile species.
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A.
Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles de quadrupèdes
Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles de quadrupèdes is a foundational multi-volume work in paleontology by Georges Cuvier that systematically analyzes fossil bones of quadrupeds and helped establish the concept of extinction and comparative anatomy.
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B.
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles is a foundational 19th-century multi-volume work on fossil fishes that helped establish modern paleontology and comparative ichthyology.
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C.
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen
Generelle Morphologie der Organismen is Ernst Haeckel’s foundational 1866 work that helped establish evolutionary morphology and popularized concepts such as the biogenetic law in biology.
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D.
The Geographical Distribution of Animals
The Geographical Distribution of Animals is a foundational 19th-century biogeography work by Alfred Russel Wallace that systematically analyzes how and why animal species are distributed across different regions of the world.
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E.
The New Systematics
The New Systematics is a landmark 1940 volume edited by Julian Huxley that helped establish modern evolutionary taxonomy by integrating genetics, evolution, and classification.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
scientific work
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taxonomic work ⓘ zoological treatise ⓘ |
| aimsTo | organize reptile species into a natural system ⓘ |
| author | Alexandre Brongniart ⓘ |
| contributor | Alexandre Brongniart ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
relationships among reptile taxa
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reptile groups ⓘ |
| field |
herpetology
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zoology ⓘ |
| focusesOn | natural classification of reptile species ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early 19th-century natural history ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
naturalists
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zoologists ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject | reptiles ⓘ |
| methodology | comparative anatomy of reptiles ⓘ |
| proposes | systematic classification of reptiles ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
classification of vertebrates
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taxonomy of reptiles ⓘ |
| title | Essai d’une classification naturelle des reptiles self-link ⓘ |
| uses | morphological characteristics for classification ⓘ |
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