Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups

["João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@uol.com.br>]

The correct name is Tinamus, not timinus.
In Brazil we call them macucos, zabeles, or codornas (litterally, quail, but
also used for tinamiformes)
----- Original Message -----
From: <ELurio@aol.com>
To: <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups


>
> 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.
>