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Organism Classification
In our current classification system, organisms are categorized by: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus Species.
My question is... When was the last time a new Species was discovered? Probably 2005, since new species discoveries are fairly common. What about a new Genus? A new Family? Order? Clss? Phylum? Kingdom? Is it even possible now for us to discover an organism that needs a new Kingdom? Have we exhausted any of these? If we've exhausted Kingdoms, how about Phylums? -RMJ |
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Re: Organism Classification
Ok, so in Years, here are two bounds:
Species (2005): Scytalopus stilesi Genus (1985): Illyria -- hopefully we can improve on this 1985 bound. Edit: Genus (2002) - Austrophasma - new genus of the family below Family (2002): Austrophasmatidae - new family of the new order below Order (2002): Mantophasmatodea - new insecta order Class: Phylum: Kingdom: -RMJ |
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