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eppur_se_muova

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4. No Archosaurs in their chart ?!?

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Aug 8, 2020, 09:27 AM

Aug 2020

Last edited Sat Aug 8, 2020, 11:27 AM - Edit history (4)

Is the bird/dinosaur branch point too hotly debated for them to stake a position ?

ETA: Thanks for posting this. The tuatara has been my favorite "living fossil" for a long time, even though it's hardly ever mentioned.

I even felt compelled to look up the book where I first read about the tuatara (and either my first or second book on dinos):

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The Genome of the Last Surviving Member of an Order from which Dinosaurs, Birds, Mammals... [View all] NNadir Aug 2020 OP

K&R and thanks! nt tblue37 Aug 2020 #1

Thank you, that's a fascinating article. wendyb-NC Aug 2020 #2

Thanks. Had to bookmark it... abqtommy Aug 2020 #3

No Archosaurs in their chart ?!? eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #4

I didn't notice that. The authors are obviously... NNadir Aug 2020 #7

Ouch. Glad I didn't have to deal with that. eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #8

I loved my father very much, and miss him still. He quit school in the 8th grade... NNadir Aug 2020 #9

Well, everyone has their flaws ... your Dad sounds like one of the good guys ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #10

They've only shown living genera in the chart muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #11

Aha! I did note the crocodiles, and thought that made it doubly odd, but if it's only living genera eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #12

KNR and bookmarking niyad Aug 2020 #5

Kick burrowowl Aug 2020 #6