> 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.
but the problem is - everything on Earth is related, if not very closely.
(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. -- Mike Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com