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Re: K/T birds

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Subject: Re: K/T birds
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:20:44 +0100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Graydon" <graydon@dsl.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 6:39 AM


> That's all it takes, really; if someone finds a Cretaceous ratite that's
> ostrich sized, rather than turkey sized, this is falsified, but I don't
> think they're going to.

Just for the record, the closest known thing to this is *Gargantuavis*, 2
sacra of a Maastrichtian bird estimated to have weighed 141 kg and not
thought to be a neornithine (though euornithine). The Dinosauricon lists it
as possibly related to *Patagopteryx*, though I don't know why.

References:
- K/T birds
  - From: Daniel Bensen <dbensen@gotnet.net>
- Re: K/T birds
  - From: John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>
- Re: K/T birds
  - From: Graydon <graydon@dsl.ca>

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