Re: Subterranean strategies

[Juergen Peters <GrayB@gmx.de>]

>> That seems logical. But then again: why did apparently only small
>> species survive the K/T extinction?

> But they didn't. I don't know where the 10-20kg low pass species
> filter came from, but it's wrong. There are so many "exceptions" to
> rules like this

That's what I wanted to know, because that assertion I read several
times did not seem very plausible to me. But since I am no paleontologist,
my knowledge did not suffice to name any exceptions to that "rule".
Dan Varner already mentioned the whale sharks as one. Are there others?

Best regards, Juergen Peters

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