Re: Triassic mammal-like reptiles?

["T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>]

On 11/8/05, John Hunt <john.bass@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Lets face it, it is a lot more comprehensible to the layman than the more
> correct names used by professionals.

But it's *incorrect*. "Mammal relative" is just as comprehensible (if
not moreso), more concise, and, to top it off, correct. (And, as Tom
Holtz mentioned, Bakker's "protomammal" is not half-bad, either.)

Calling them "mammal-like reptiles" is like calling _Deinonychus_ a
bird-like lizard.
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Mike Keesey
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