In a message dated 95-10-27 19:06:10 EDT, cpretzma@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chip Pretzman) writes: > Also, my data soes not support a >cretcious theropod-modern day bird line, instead, the birds show a common >ancestral split predating the dino-mammal split by at least 40 MY. This I can live with. Very exciting! (But PREDATING a dino-mammal split? Needs more data.)