David J. Patterson
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David Joseph Patterson is a Northern Irish taxonomist specializing in protozoa and the use of taxonomy in biodiversity informatics.
David J. Patterson, island of Sylt, 1992
Excavata
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Excavata is an obsolete, extensive and diverse paraphyletic group of unicellular Eukaryota. The group was first suggested by Simpson and Patterson in 1999 and the name latinized and assigned a rank by
David J. Patterson
…and evolution. With co-workers, this led to recognition of new domains of protistan diversity - such as stramenopiles, alveolates, and the excavates (Excavata) - robustly defined by reference to evolutionary innovations (apomorphies), then a rare practice in protist taxonomy. Patterson explored the emerging…
Euglena (Euglenozoa: Euglenoida)
Trypanosoma brucei (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastida)
Bodo sp. (Euglenozoa: Kinetoplastida)
Percolomonas sp. (Percolozoa)