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What is the position of class in the hierarchy of taxonomic ranks?
What is the position of class in the hierarchy of taxonomic ranks?
Between phylum and order
Who first introduced the concept of class as a distinct rank in biological classification?
Who first introduced the concept of class as a distinct rank in biological classification?
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
In what year did Joseph Pitton de Tournefort introduce the concept of class in biological classification?
In what year did Joseph Pitton de Tournefort introduce the concept of class in biological classification?
1694
What are the well-known ranks in descending order of size in biological classification?
What are the well-known ranks in descending order of size in biological classification?
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What is the main characteristic of taxa belonging to the class rank?
What is the main characteristic of taxa belonging to the class rank?
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