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

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[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The name (di metro don ≈ two teeth sizes) is a clue, as teeth specialization is very much a synapsid (i.e., mammal and proto-mammal) thing.

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