Bird evolution on sci.bio.paleontology

[Jeff Poling <jpoling@infinet.com>]

   Thought you guys might get a kick out of this.

FROM: vcosta@pfizer.com (Vincent J. Costa)
SUBJECT: Dinosaur Evolution: Birds or Reptiles
DATE: 15 Jan 1996 17:27:58 GMT
ORGANIZATION: Pfizer, Inc

I am a high school student who is doing a project to see whether 
dinosaurs were more likely to have evolved into modern birds or 
reptiles.  I am in the research portion of the project and would 
appreciate the input of anyone on the subject, no matter what your point 
of view.  I can be reached at vdcosta@pfizer.com

FROM: lenov@pasteur.fr (Nicolas  Le Novere)
SUBJECT: Re: Dinosaur Evolution: Birds or Reptiles
DATE: 15 Jan 1996 21:03:57 GMT
ORGANIZATION: Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

I think that dinosaurs are a sister group of the bird's ancestors.
They had no descendance. In addition, I think that dinosaurs in the wide 
sense of the term are a polyphyletic group.

FROM: adamsonj@bvsd.k12.co.us (Adamson  Joel)
SUBJECT: Re: Dinosaur Evolution: Birds or Reptiles
DATE: 16 Jan 1996 01:27:36 GMT
ORGANIZATION: University of Colorado at Boulder

Absolutely.  There is no evidence that shows conclusively that birds are 
"descended" from dinosaurs. Any paleontologist who sez that they are is a 
wishful thinker.

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