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Re: smallest ANCIENT non-bird dinosaur - was what I was asking

To: DML <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: smallest ANCIENT non-bird dinosaur - was what I was asking
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 02:09:00 +0200
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How far would you carry this? Is _Sphenacodon_ a mammal?

No, I just wouldn't call it a stem-mammal, I'd call it a stem-theropsid. Or stem-synapsid if you prefer.

(Random fact: The names of the species of *Sphenacodon* are among the coolest ever. First there's an ordinary *S. ferox* -- and then there's *S. ferocior*, the comparative, the "even fiercer one".)

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