Unguiculata
Unguiculata (mutatis mutandis "claw carrier") is an obsolete taxon in the systematics of mammals .
In the 12th edition of Systema Naturae (1766), Linné summarized claw and nail-bearing mammals (including primates ) to form a group called Unguiculata. As equal groups within the mammals, he listed the ungulata (hoofed and cloven- hoofed animals ) and the whales (as "Mutica"). To differentiate the subgroups, Linnaeus used features of the teeth.
As a result, the taxon was controversial. After Simpson had reclassified the eight order cohort Unguiculata in 1945, the taxon was used more extensively because of the great authority of this researcher. However, from around the beginning of the 1980s, it was increasingly questioned and ultimately failed to prevail. Today the term unguiculata is no longer used.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lexicon of Biology: Unguiculata Spektrum.de
- ↑ Taxon Unguiculata according to Linné (1766).
- ↑ See page from Systema Naturae (1766): top left summary of four groups of mammals (Mammalia) as unguiculata , more precise determination based on teeth (Latin Dentes ).
- ^ Cohort Unguiculata according to Simpson (1945).
- ↑ George Gaylord Simpson (1945): The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85 full text source
- ↑ Older example for the use of the taxon Unguiculata: Eli C. Minkoff, Mammalian cohorts. In: Journal of Natural History. Volume 13, No. 5, 1979, pp. 589-597. doi: 10.1080 / 00222937900770451