Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups

[ELurio@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/25/01 8:28:18 AM, david.marjanovic@gmx.at writes:

<< BTW, IMHO the new embryological study which finds that ratites lost flight

several times independently doesn't challenge the monophyly of Ratitae, it

just says that by coincidence all extant ratites are flightless.  >>

No, not all ratites are flightless, most CAN indeed fly. There are more 
species of timinu than all other paleognathus birds combined.

The reason that timinus aren't considered ratites by many workers is that 
they CAN fly. Dictionary abuse strikes again!!!

eric l.