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To: decimon

A reptile with a pig snout is still a reptile!


5 posted on 09/17/2008 1:57:10 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: rfp1234
A reptile with a pig snout is still a reptile!

Lystrosaurus was a therapsid, which wasn't exactly a reptile. They were traditionally called "mammal-like reptiles" but are today classified as a clade and aren't grouped with reptiles any longer. Mammals are actually descended from another branch of the therapsids.
36 posted on 09/17/2008 2:30:51 PM PDT by Arthalion
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