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AtelerixMel
at Mon Nov 8 22:26:04 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by AtelerixMel ]
Chris,
Hmmm..I hadn't heard of Reptilia used as a strict phylogenetic term. Just a more informal grouping. The classification you listed is slightly different than from what I have learned, which is:
Amniotes are divided into the Synapsids and Sauropsids, which include Chelonids. Then of course are also Lepidosaurs and Archosaurs. The term reptile was not used in any formal classification, though we talk about mammalian ancestors (Therapsids) as "mammal-like reptiles".
Guess our disagreement comes from the definition of "reptile". There are so many different opinions in science, how confusing it gets.
Know anything about bats? I'm writing a paper on their phylogenetic relatioships, yipee.
Think we'll get booted from the Cham forum?
----- ~Melissa
1.0 Ambanja Panther (Diesel)
0.1 African Hegdehog (Kaimah)
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