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Re: Mesozoic-ware

From: "Nicholas R. Longrich" <longrich@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
 > > 
 > >    Dinosaurs certainly are reptiles.
 > 
 >      That depends on what one defines to be a reptile. Under certain 
 > definitions of reptile (cold blooded, sprawling legs) dinosaurs don't 
 > fit. Under others, they do. But then, if dinosaurs are reptiles, what are 
 > birds? Birds are dinosaurs, ...

This, again, depends on what definition of dinosaur you use.
If "dinosaur" refers to the paraphyletic group traditionally called
dinosaurs, then bird are not dinosaurs.

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