Re: solnhofen

["Rob Gay" <rob_redwing@hotmail.com>]

> What happened to Protoavis? (you say no support for BCF) Was it ever proved 
> to be a chimera, and why is it that Protoavis seems to be ompletely ignored 
> and no one ever talks about it.<
Indeed, most of _Protoavis_ seems to be made up of several animals. The 
skull is part of a megalancosaurid, the hindlimbs are non-avian theropod, 
the "hand" is some archosaur with a crocodile-normal ankle, and wait for the 
paper on the pectoral girdle. However, it is generally accepeted (from what 
I know), that the verts are something new (and are what I refer to as 
_Protoavis_). However, due to the chimerical nature of the rest of the 
specimen, this is usualy looked over.
Other note on early birds...apparently there are bird tracks in the L. 
Jurassic Kayenta Formation...
Peace,
Rob

Student of Geology
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 20840
Flagstaff, Az. 86011
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"A _Coelophysis_ with feathers?"

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