Re: Triassic mammal-like reptiles?

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

Let's see if I can send mail to the list from home...

> 3) While Ax did suggest including them as mammals,

(Hennig himself seems to have implied the same. But he feared fossils 
anyway.)

> The reverse solution, restraining popular taxa to
> crown clades, has proven much more effective (although in some
> cases still contentious, e.g., _Aves_).

This has only been used for quite a few cases, and many people, such as 
myself, don't see why there should be a default solution in the first place.