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Pterosaurs are dinosaurs?

Dear James,

>Also, Bakker did redefine Dinosauria to include pterosaurs, but
>this is one move which (fortunately) few people seem to have
>taken him seriously.

I very much admire Dr. Bakker, but I think he's wrong here, too. 
I think there should be a term, though, for the clade taking in
both Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs (and their immediate ancestors). 
Mabye Adrian Desmond's "Endosauropsida" would do.

               -- Dave