Re: Are dinosaurs really reptiles?

[Adam <adam@crowlspace.com>]

Hi Mike

Let's go for a name with a bit of baggage... Sauria. Thus Archosauria 
and Dinosauria kind of logically follow as sub-names, when you explain 
to the kiddies that each group is kind of like the last, but with 
upgrades. Could call the squamates and testudines something, in 
NeoGreco-Latin, meaning "sprawly, crawly" Sauria and "shelly" Sauria. 
Tack on an extra prefix for sub-groups further in, so birds can be 
"feathery" Dino-Sauria. Etc etc etc...

Just an idea, but the current situation seems like utterly ridiculous 
anarchy.

Adam

T. Michael Keesey wrote:

> Problem is, there's no good name for the crown group that I know of.
>
> "Reptilia" has too much baggage. "Pholidota" was once used for a
> similar taxon to "Reptilia", but now it's a clade of mammals. Maybe a
> new name would be a good idea.