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Re: Extinction



In a message dated 3/21/00 10:00:19 PM EST, jbois@umd5.umd.edu writes:

<< > 3) Perhaps the bolide killed all of the dinosaurs but
 > not all of the frogs.  This is not, as far as I can
 > tell, a physical impossibility.
 
 I certainly agree with this.  But there is no evidence for it. >>

Why not check a list of known Late Cretaceous frog genera and families and 
see how many also are known from the early Tertiary? Don't have a reference 
handy, but somebody out there must. I'll bet there won't be too many K-T 
survivors.