Re: ectothermy?

["Larry Febo" <larryf@capital.net>]

{  First off I just want to reiterate that I`m backing off from the
Synapsid-Diapsid link as it seems to be a pretty bad argument. I`m just
trying to save my ass umption of a one time early development of an
endothermic condition necessary for brooding of offspring! That`s a lot just
to say, but I think the evidence, (if any) would be found in the family
Protorothyridae leading up to the Synapsids, and later, the Diapsid line.}

In a message dated 98-09-03 17:39:11 EDT, TomHopp@AOL.COM writes:
<< Fossil evidence for
what you (larryf) are mooting is so rare (as in, mostly
yet-to-be-discovered)
that I feel you may be frustrated in your efforts to gather relevant data on
ancient brooding endothermy, let alone convince any reasonably skeptical
scientist. >>

  {Still , I can`t help but want to look into something  that seems to need
resolution. I just don`t want to wait around till we can see it in the
genetic code, that may take a while. Besides, there`s a lot to learn along
the way!  By the way, has anybody ever considered an elevated posture in the
early Protorothyridae to be an indication of an endothermic brooding
adaptation? Seems I`ve heard of that somewhere back in the past.}