Re: the definition of Reptilia

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, David Marjanovic wrote:

> The term "reptile-like synapsids" has been proposed for nonmammalian
> synapsids. It has got very little attention AFAIK.

Recently on the vertpaleo there was a discussion as to venacular terms for
what used to be called "mammal-like reptiles". Some proposals were
"protomammals" and "paramammals". "Mammal relatives" is also not bad. And
you might as well use "non-mammalian synapsid" if you want to be
completely unambiguous.

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