RE: Triassic mammal-like reptiles?

[John Hunt <john.bass@ntlworld.com>]

Lets face it, it is a lot more comprehensible to the layman than the more
correct names used by professionals.

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Dora Smith
Sent: 08 November 2005 02:46
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Subject: Re: Triassic mammal-like reptiles?

I consistently see them called "mammal like reptiles".

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra@austin.rr.com
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>
> In a message dated 11/7/05 3:06:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> ktdykes@arcor.de writes:
>
> 'Mammal-like reptiles' have more or less been abolished in English,
although
> similar phrases continue in other  languages.
>
>
> That's interesting, because I'm pretty sure that term was used on Saturday
> in "Before the Dinosaurs" on TDC in the Edaphosaur/Dimetrodon  segment...
>