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Therapsids

>What ever gave you the impression that "mammal-like reptiles" is a
>"perfectly good" name[?]...  It implies that the early synapsids did not
>eventually give rise to the mammals.

        A good short source on this subject, for anyone interested, is in a
chapter entitled, "Other Mesozoic vertebrates of the land, sea, and air" by
some guy named Kevin Padian in the book "The Age of Dinosaurs:  Short
Courses in Paleontology No. 2" (QE862.D5.A34.1989), IMHO one of the best
short mesozoological references around.

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