Re: Dinosaurs, bodysize and landmass area

[chris brochu <christopher-brochu@uiowa.edu>]

>--- "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> wrote:
>>> > Yeah, a scene of a _Quinkana_ chasing a mesosuchian up a tree,
>>
>>What "mesosuchian"?
>
>++++++++++++++++++
>
>I don't know the name, but I've seen it mentioned on a few sites on
>prehistoric Australia, along with some comments by HP/FP (former poster)
>Paul Willis on the subject. All I remember is that it is a mesosuchian and
>that it may have been arboreal.
>
>


I think you're confusing "mesosuchian" (none of which existed in Australia
during the Tertiary, as far as we know) and "mekosuchine" (which refers to
an endemic clade of crocodyloids in Australia and a few nearby islands).

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