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This article is about 60% to 70% collaboration of many other article's information into one main subject. Additional information and references may be needed to further individualize and strengthen the article and it's content. Zach Winkler (talk) 04:19, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on title of taxon evolution pages

Hi, There is a thread here you may be interested in, about a consistent naming for articles dealing with evolution of taxa. Thanks! --Cyclopia ^talk 17:10, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Not all interesting information is in there.

As I'm with a team of Mediterranean archeologists that has not been online much, because of our intense work in the Kaluga region in Russia. We found several fossils that indicate even common wall lizards (podarcis muralis) were around prior to dinosaurs evolving. I think this should not be ignored. In fact, it implies we can research their DNA and genetic make-up more closely, because it probably is closer to sauropsida ancestors than we always thought. Either way it must have been an incredibly success story in all of evolution. Not many species alive today can be traced back as far as these little reptiles can. This needs to be noted in this article at least! We have not published all findings yet, but their size, feet/claws (5 fingered!) and skull imprint indicate we're dealing with podarcis muralis, not some larger derivatives.

Soon as I have source info for you, we will be sure to provide it. 89.205.129.178 (talk) 21:49, 22 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mammals are not reptiles!

Why is info about mammals posted here? They are not reptiles and even the 2004 article in text doesn't say so. 188.254.126.70 (talk) 10:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The sentence saying "soon after the first reptiles appeared, they split into two branches" (Synapsida, Diapsida) has been there since the article was created in 2011. This reflects an old idea (I think it was old in 2011) that mammals evolved within a broadly defined reptiles. There was the confusion about mammal-like reptiles not being reptiles in the modern sense. It's a while since I read up on this, but it might be possible to rewrite the section along the lines that early reptiliomorphs split into two branches ((Synapsida, Sauropsida/Reptilia) ), but the dates would need revisiting. Is the 320–310 mya referring to reptiliomorphs or reptiles (sensu sauropsida)? The current text certainly needs updating. — Jts1882 | talk 12:59, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]