[QUOTE]Originally posted by mark24:
[B]Joz,
Quick correction, the dinosaurs were reptiles.
Series Amniota, Class
Reptilia, Subdivision Ornithodira, Superorder
Dinosauria.
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It is interesting to consider that, among noted paleontologists, there is some discussion as to the possibility that dinosaurs were warm blooded. If so, we will need to rethink our definitions of their classification.
Having said that, these names are only a means by which we try to group organisms. It is only useful for cataloging. There are many animals that do not fit neatly into any one group but are placed somewhere because they have to go SOMEWHERE!
In addition to my earlier post that all fossils are transitional, I offer three living transitional species: penguins (whose feathers blend into something very much like scales on the back side of the wing), duck-billed platypus (lays eggs, has mammary glands, and a beak), and the polar bear (obviously a regular bear physiologically, but behaviorally very much the aquatic mammel, i.e. earth to sea, bottle-nosed dolphin?).
Can anyone solve the riddle of this mneumonic?
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