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Who are you calling 'primitive'?

LET’S SUPPOSE that we are interested in studying the evolution of the squamates, the snakes and lizards. We know that if we track down the evolutionary tree of the squamates we find that they a… more →

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Who are you calling 'primitive'? — 8 comments

Nimravid wrote 4 months ago: LET’S SUPPOSE that we are interested in studying the evolution of the squamates, the snakes an … more →

Tags: Phylogenetics, sloppy taxonomy, sauropsid, Evolution, mammal, Monotreme, therian, amniote

The Term "Mammal-Like Reptiles" Enrages Me — 11 comments

Nimravid wrote 6 months ago: I RECENTLY READ a paleontology book that irked me by referring to the basal synapsids as “mamm … more →

Tags: Phylogenetics, sloppy taxonomy, mammal-like reptile, therapsid, sauropsid, Cladistics, monophyly, paraphyly, polyphyly


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