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*2 : a concise technical description of a taxon

*4 of a taxon : conforming to accepted principles of sound biological [[classification]]

...arent]] restoration to life. For example, the [[scientific]] term "Lazarus taxon" denotes [[organisms]] that reappear in the [[fossil]] [[record]] after a p

...of that species or subspecies. When a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon taxon] is described, it is typically based on a single specimen, then referred to

...edia.org/wiki/Monophyly monophyletic] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon taxon] in which all the members have the trait (or have lost it secondarily); and

::5. Chiefly Biol. and Taxon. Designating a classification scheme based on characteristics selected prim

...w]]' or 'science'). Taxonomy uses taxonomic units, known as taxa (singular taxon).

...hel Caspari (2003) argued, clades are by definition monophyletic groups (a taxon that includes ''all'' descendants of a given ancestor) since no groups curr ...g population (essential to genetic calculations) and not to a biological [[taxon]]. Other evolutionary scientists have abandoned the concept of race in fav