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>there are no endothermic reptiles
there are no reptiles at all. reptile is arbitrary, as arbitrary as calling spiders bugs. without vulgar english terminology confusing people, there is no scientific reason for such an arbitrary paraphyletic grouping to exist.

common names, scientific names, common groupings, and scientific groupings ought to be kept entirely separate. this basic policy decision would prevent all the whale-fish confusion among midwits like you.

>Why? No cladist can ever answer why paraphyly matters at all.
it doesn't. it exists to try and get retards like you to calm down and stop asking "BUT IF ___ IS A ____ THEN IS ITS DESCENDANT...", and it has failed completely.