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Re: Re-emergence of lost features.

                >>snip<<

 but then storks (said to be related to =
>Diatrymids) are not out of place in swamps.
>
>JJ


 Whoa! Hold up a bit. I suppose you are thinking about the idea that 
cranes (Gruiformes) are ancestral to or related to diatrymids. Well, 
first of all storks are in a different order of birds all together, the 
Ciconiiformes. And second of all, Gastrornithiformes ( diatrymids : this 
order may be "sunk" soon ) are related to ducks ( Anseriformes ) and are 
united in the Anserimorphae. See my _Takahe and Diatrymia_ post. 


Regards,

MattTroutman







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