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Re: CROCODYLOMORPH ENDOTHERMY
In a message dated 96-02-01 12:38:58 EST, Robert.J.Meyerson@uwrf.edu (Rob
Meyerson) writes:
>OTOH, perhaps the two evolved more or less simultaneously. It appears that
>this
>would work in a snowball/avalance effect: more active lifestyle, requiring a
>more efficent metabolism, which allows for an even more active lifestyle,
>etc,
>etc, and so on, and so forth. The question of which evolved first is
>probably
>the paleontological equivalent of, "which came first, the chicken or the
>egg?"
>
>
This is what I've been saying all along, perhaps not often enough or clearly
enough. Good to see that other people are coming to the same conclusion.