As you know, the topic is "Synapsida," but I'm afraid we're limiting that somewhat. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Were we focus on the "Synapsida" in all its glory, we could potentially have such basal taxa as Ophiacodon right next to Mammuthus or Canis. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Amniota consists of and contains Synapsida and Sauropsida. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
There's Synapsida by John McLoughlin, but it's a couple decades old by now. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Time Capsule: The Synapsid Gallery] Reference
Synapsida is as diverse a brand as Sauropsida they are sister groups, after all. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
We further hypothesize that the descendants form two groups: Synapsida and Sauropsida. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
It is obtained by removing clades Aves and Synapsida (which includes Mammalia) from Amniota. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
Mammals are the only surviving members of a far larger and more diverse tetrapod clade, Synapsida. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
The tree of life website shows Therapsids and its containing clade Synapsida as including mammals and a bunch of extinct relatives, but no living reptiles. From Wordnik.com. [Semmelweis: ID hero - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
That is, if Synapsida is mammals and anything closer to a mammal than to a reptile; then Sauropsida is reptiles and anything closer to a reptile than to a mammal. From Wordnik.com. [Down with phyla! (episode II) - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
By the way, nothing cladistically out-of-line with the term reptile, so long as we agree that Reptilia is a clade in which case it includes Aves and excludes Synapsida of which mammals are part. From Wordnik.com. [Around the Web] Reference
SIDOR, C.A. (2000) Evolutionary trends and relationships within the Synapsida. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
OLSON (1903) The reptilian subclasses Diapsida and Synapsida and the early history of the Diaptosauria. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
This obscures their affinity with mammals, and it’s nowadays agreed that Synapsida and Reptilia are different clades: basal synapsids are better regarded as ‘stem mammals’, and they aren’t reptiles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Upper branch: Amniota - Synapsida - Therapsida - Cynodontia - Mammalia. From Wordnik.com. [Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
And chimps are still Pan which are still Hominidae which are still Catarrhini, Primates, Eutheria, Mammalia, Therapsida, Synapsida, Amniota, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Sarcopterygii, Gnathostomata, Vertebrata, Craniata, Chordata, Deuterostomia, Bilateria, Animals, Eukaryotes. From Wordnik.com. [Don't teach ID -- at least not until our textbook is published - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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