τούτῳ γὰρ διαφέρει τὰ μέγιστα γένη πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων, τῷ τὰ μὲν ἔναιμα τὰ δ’ ἄναιμα εἶναι. Ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα ἄνθρωπός τε καὶ τὰ ζῳοτόκα τῶν τετραπόδων, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ ᾠοτόκα τῶν τετραπόδων καὶ ὄρνις καὶ ἰχθὺς καὶ κῆτος [darin unterscheiden sich die grossen Abtheilungen von den übrigen Gruppen der andern Thiere, dass jene Blutthiere, diese blutlos sind. Blutthiere sind der Mensch und die lebendiggebärenden Vierfüsser, ferner die eierlegenden Vierfüsser, die Vögel, die Fische und die Wale]
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quadrupedsτετραπόδα (gr.); Quadrupedia (lat.); Vierfüsser (ger.)
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Animals which have four feet; esp. mammals.(OED)
- c. -350 (BC)
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Aristotle (c. 350 BC), Historia animalium 505b28-30 (transl. H. Aubert and F. Wimmer 1868).
- 1735
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Quadrupedia. Corpus hirsutum. Pedes quatuor, Feminæ viviparæ, lactiferæ.
Linnaeus, C. (1735). Systema naturae: [Regnum Animale].
- 2010
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Throughout geological time, patterns of global diversity of tetrapod families show 97 per cent correlation with ecological modes. Global taxonomic and ecological diversity of this group correlates closely with the dominant classes of tetrapods (amphibians in the Palaeozoic, reptiles in the Mesozoic, birds and mammals in the Cenozoic).
Sahney, S., Benton, M.J. & Ferry, P.A. (2010). Links between global taxonomic diversity, ecological diversity and the expansion of vertebrates on land. Biology Letters 6 (4), 544-547: 544.