(March 10, 2021 at 11:54 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(March 10, 2021 at 11:49 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Bit like dimetrodon, which was -my- favorite dinosaur as a kid (we had lizards with sails and penny necks and it was just so easy to work them in with my little tanks and army men). Then one day you learn it isn't a dino at all and that blows your mind too.
Indeed, dimetrodon was much more closely related to mammals than to dinosaurs.
We could solve all this by creating a new supertaxon called ‘prehistoric monsters’ - every animal kids wish was a dinosaur could be included.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
