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xkcd #3204: Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

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[-] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Wow. That list has cladus 61 times. So yeah, it really is system of grouping completely different from the Linnean taxonomic system. Well, there's yet another rabbit hole for me to dive into.

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