Re: The Size of Birds

["Mickey_Mortimer" <Mickey_Mortimer@email.msn.com>]

Jerry Harris wrote-

>    No, you're thinking of _Praeornis_ (the status of which is _still_
> debated).  _Platanavis_ is, as far as I can tell, based on a very small
> synsacrum from the Bissekty Formation (Coniacian) of Kazakhstan.  See:

Yep, you're right.  That's what I get for not checking my references.  I'll
officially blame the confusion on the leaf genus Platanus, which is
exceedingly common in the Bissekty Formation :-) .  Unfortunately, I lack
the description of Platanavis, so I cannot estimate it's length.

Mickey Mortimer