Re: Sarcosuchus

[Mike Taylor <mike@tecc.co.uk>]

> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:48:54 EDT
> From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
> 
> Then there are idiots like me, who think the term Crocodylia should
> simply be applied to the stem group that comprises all reptiles more
> closely related to modern crocs than to birds (their closest extant
> relatives).

Ah, George's all-stem-group approach to taxonomy.  The problem with
this is that, being all stems, it has no nodes.  Which raises the
question: how does it smell?

... I'll get my coat :-)

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