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Re: Whales and Hippos
In a message dated 9/20/01 9:13:27 AM, david.marjanovic@gmx.at writes:
<< Or hinting at a long ghost lineage for hippos. (What has become of
Anthracotheriidae?) The Nature paper "stops short of identifying any
particular artiodactyl family as the cetacean sister group and supports
monophyly of artiodactyls", while showing that Mesonychidae is farther away.
>>
Well, the simple fact is that the artiodactyl/whale connection was confirmed
by DNA analysis, and NOBODY has ever found Mesonychid DNA...EVER!!!! The last
of them died out during the early Oligocene. The tooth analysis shows clear
whale/mesonychid releationship.
eric l.