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of course this begs the question of what defines
the crown group lizards
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Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 4:52
PM
Subject: Re: Feduccia's delusion
> > I intended to use Sauria (Greek for "lizards") for
the stem group that
> > includes Lacertilia (Latin for "lizards") and
all animals more closely
> > related to Lacertilia (modern,
i.e., crown-group, lizards) than to
snakes
> > (Serpentes: Latin
for snakes).
Crown-group lizards are, of course, paraphyletic, as the
monitors/goannas
are more closely related to snakes than to *Lacerta*,
geckos, skinks etc.
etc..
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