Re: Language of saurian/reptilian beings

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
>Andreas Johansson wrote:
> > That's ENTIRELY a question of definitions. If you take a cladistic view,
> > dinosaurs (along with birds and mammals) are defintely reptiles (since
> > they're all descended from a common ancestor)
>
>Mammals aren't reptiles, even in the cladistic view.  Reptiles, birds,
>and mammals are grouped together as Amniota, which is subdivided into
>Synapsida (of which mammals are the only extant group) and reptilia, at
>least, according to the Tree of Life site:
That disagrees with what my biology books in school said, but appears both
more recent and authoritative. Anyways, I noted just after the bit you
quoted that the group containing mammals, lizzards, dinos etc might be
called something else. My point still stands, whether you look at what Tree
of Life calls Amniota or Reptilia.

                                                       Andreas

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