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PELYCOSAURIA



On the subject of clade and grade names, Chris Brochu said..

> "Pelycosaur" is a valid adjective, describing a basal synapsid 
> lacking certain derived character states, but the noun "Pelycosauria" 
> is no longer viable.

Actually, the name Pelycosauria is used as monophyletic clade in a 
few recent works on synapsid phylogeny. 

My hands smell of dead cat.

DARREN NAISH
darren.naish@port.ac.uk