Current Proceedings in The Taxonomicon
ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATIONS, WEBSITE & PROJECT (2003-2009)
17 Oct 2009
- Brodkorb, P. 1963-1971. Class Aves (birds): all 332 extinct genera (excl. Passeriformes)
- Dickinson, E.C. 2003. Class Aves (birds): all 9726 recent species
- Emery, C. 1920. Genus Camponotus (insects): all 443 species
- Garrity, G.M. et al. 2007. Prokaryota (prokaryotes): all 6605 species
- Grzimek, B. et al. 1973-1975. Class Aves (birds): all 3818 recent species
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Regnum Animale (animals): all 4384 species
- Livezey, B.C. & Zusi, R.L. 2007. Subclass Avialae (birds): all 133 families
- Mabberley, D.J. 2008. Phylum Tracheophyta (plants): all 469 families
- Particle Data Group, 2008. particles (physics): 836 species
14 Aug 2008
- Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2007. Superorder Neuropterida (insects): classification [Contributor: M.S. Engel]
- Garrity, G.M. et al. 2007. Prokaryota (prokaryotes): all 1462 genera
- Linnaeus, C. 1735. Naturalia: all 1008 genera
- Linnaeus, C. 1748. Naturalia: all 1316 genera
- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Kingdom Plantae (plants): all 1101 genera
- Liu, Z. et al. 2007. Superfamily Cynipoidea (insects): classification, and all 33 fossil species [Contributor: M.S. Engel]
- Smith, A.B.T. 2006. Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (insects): classification
- de Tournefort, J.P. 1694. Kingdom Plantae (plants): all 639 genera
25 Sep 2007
- Clerck, C. 1757. Aranei (arthropods): all 70 species
- Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1991. Class Mammalia (mammals): species
- Eriksson, O.E. (ed.) 2006. Phylum Ascomycota (fungi): all 3593 genera [Contributor: A.T. White]
- Eriksson, O.E. & Winka, K. 1997. Phylum Ascomycota (fungi): all 43 orders
- Frost, D.R. et al. 2006. Class Amphibia (amphibians): all 481 genera
- Kaesler, R.L. 2006. Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea (invertebrates): all 345 families
- Linnaeus, C. 1735. Kingdom Animale (animals): all 191 genera and 549 species
- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Kingdom Plantae (plants): all 109 orders
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Class Insecta (insects): all 2110 species
- Smith, A.R. et al. 2006. Infradivision "Moniliformopses" (plants): all 277 genera
- Better readable reference attributes on Taxon Hierarchy page, e.g. '[nt]' becomes '[new taxon]'
24 Feb 2007
- Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Gastropoda (molluscs): all 410 recent and 195 fossil families
- Dei-Cas, E. et al. 2006. Genus Pneumocystis (fungi) [Contributor: E. Dei-Cas]
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Class Pisces (fishes): all 378 species
- McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Mammaliaformes (mammalia): all 1124 recent and 4057 fossil genera
- Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. 1993. Class Mammalia (mammalia): all subgenera
- Wilson, H.M. & Anderson, L.I. 2004. Superorder Archipolypoda (arthropods) [Contributor: L.I. Anderson]
- Xianguang, H. & Bergström, J. 1997. Phylum Schizoramia (arthropods): all 37 families
- Major update of the data model
- Conversion of web site from Microsoft .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0
- Improved layout for Firefox browsers
- Introduction of Site map page, and breadcrumb navigation
- Advanced Search/Topic Index:
- Search taxon by Activity pattern
- Search taxon by Substratum
02 Sep 2006
21 Jun 2006
- Introduction of Referrers page
25 Mar 2006
- Quick Search:
- Search Taxon by Scientific Name (all groups) (default)
- Topic/Advanced Search Results (Tree View):
- Immediate selection of the first taxon within the selected higher taxon.
10 Dec 2005
10 Oct 2005
- Taxon Nomenclature, Properties, Relationships, Bibliography and Links pages:
- Navigation by selection of parents, siblings and children of the current taxon
- Introduction of specimens
(example)
- Taxon Relationships pages:
- Improved layout
(example)
- Introduction of Taxon Relationship Details pages
(example)
- Topic pages:
- Navigation by selection of parents, siblings and children of the current topic
- View taxa as a list or as a tree
- Short descriptions added
(example)
- Quick Search:
- Search Disease
- Search Taxon by Authorship, for selection of all taxa published by a certain author and/or published in a certain year.
- Advanced Search:
- Search taxon by Toxin
- View taxa as a list or as a tree in the search results
09 Jul 2005
- Advanced Search/Topic Index:
- Search taxon by Alkaloid
- Search taxon by Altitudinal zone
- Search taxon by Bathymetric zone
- Search taxon by Feeding strategy
- Search taxon by Lifestyle
- Search taxon by Nutritional category
04 Jun 2005
- Quick Search:
- Topic Index (e.g. country, habitat, geologic time)
- Person Index (instead of Author Index to include persons that taxa are named after) example
- Advanced Search:
- Search taxon by Habitat
- Values section: Add items by selecting the name after a quick search (instead of a separate Add-button)
- Criteria section: Remove selected items in the criterion list
- Results page: Enable/Disable items in the criterion list for quickly searching different combinations
- Person Details: New section "Derived taxon names"
- New look for hierarchies:
- Taxon Hierarchy
- Topic
- Advanced Search Criteria (Parameters)
- Advanced Search Results
- The last selected taxon is retained between calls between Advanced Searches and Topics for quick comparison
17 Apr 2005
- Introduction of Project Statistics pages for The Taxonomicon and Systema Naturae 2000
- Quick Search:
- Search Taxon by Common Name (Dutch)
- Direct linkage to Nomenclature, Properties, Relationships, Bibliography and Links (N|P|R|B|L)
- Advanced Search:
- Search taxon by Geographic region
- Taxon Hierarchy:
- Indication of incertae sedis (?Taxon)
- Indication of type taxon (Taxon™)
- Taxon Links:
- Search taxon by CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information)
- Search taxon by Entrez, The Life Sciences Search Engine (NCBI)
- Search taxon by Google Scholar
- Search taxon by PubMed (NCBI)
- Search taxon by Zoological Record (Biosis)
06 Mar 2005
26 Feb 2005
- Advanced Search enhancements:
- Geologic time and Global 200 ecoregion presented as trees
- Search taxon by Nomenclatural attribute
- Search taxon by Taxon group
- Search taxon by Parasite type
- Taxon Index: completeness indicators added
- Taxon Relationships: references added
- Article Index: more details
- Quick Search: search string retained between pages
19 Dec 2004
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Introduction of Taxon Relationships
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Introduction of Topic pages (example)
Topic pages are accessible through items on:
- Advanced Search Criteria and Results pages
- Taxon Properties pages
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Introduction of Taxon Groups (e.g. mammals, insects, plants, prokaryotes)
Taxon groups are indicated on:
- Quick Search Results pages
- Taxon Relationships pages
- Homonym Index pages
and grouped by on:
- Topic pages
- Advanced Search Results pages
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Introduction of Concepts (taxa, clades and grades)
An excellent description of the three concepts can be found in this article by T. Cavalier-Smith.
See also Proceedings in Systema Naturae 2000
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Advanced Search enhancements:
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Taxon Hierarchy enhancements:
- Show/Hide Position (example)
- Sort by Name/Position
- Quality mark '®': exact rank, name and position of a formal entry within an authorative publication
NOTE: Many positions are not set properly yet. Systema Naturae 2000 uses phylogenetic positions,
whereas most original sources within The Taxonomicon use bibliographic positions.
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Reference Details enhancements:
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Homonym Index enhancements:
- indication of code (e.g. ICZN, ICBN)
- indication of taxon group (see above)
- conditional homonyms (example)
- Tabstrip: Taxon Images merged with Taxon Links
31 Aug 2004
- Quick Search: Author Index (on individual author)
- Quick Search: Homonym Index
- Quick Search: Taxon Index by Common Name
12 Jul 2004
- Quick Search: Article Index (only shows the title)
- Quick Search: Author Index (on combination of authors)
- Quick Search: Taxon Index by Scientific Name divided by rank
- Introduction of Author Details pages
- Introduction of Reference Details pages
15 May 2004
- Introduction of Advanced Search (for Global200 ecoregions)
22 Apr 2004
- Introduction of Taxon Nomenclature pages
05 Apr 2004
- Public introduction of The Taxonomicon (prototype) website
26 Mar 2004
- Private introduction of The Taxonomicon (prototype) website
20 Jun 2003