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On 26 March 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Synapsid to Synapsida. The result of the discussion was moved.

"and, therefore, birds"

Latest comment: 10 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Why is therefore here? Are birds reptiles? 2607:FEA8:FF01:4FA6:EC5A:5C6F:3CBE:E5B (talk) 20:51, 20 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Arguably, yes, but that's a separate debate. What the sentence is saying is that any valid taxonomic group that includes all of the reptiles would also, necessarily, include birds. See the first sentence of the Sauropsida article, which is linked to in the phrase in question. Anaxial (talk) 21:39, 20 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

should there be a picture of a tiger?

Latest comment: 9 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I don't know anything about this, but it doesn't seem like the Tiger should be an example of one of them. Maybe someone should remove it? 173.61.198.228 (talk) 16:07, 1 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Why not? Tigers are mammals, and mammals are synapsids. Honeymilktea (talk) 00:29, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Lead section final paragraph

Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The final paragraph in the lead section is quite lengthy and difficult to read since it is dense with information. However, some of that information doesn't even show up in the body of this article. I've been considering shortening the lead section to better match the article and make it more readable. Honeymilktea (talk) 00:33, 6 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Talk:Synapsida

"and, therefore, birds"

should there be a picture of a tiger?

Lead section final paragraph