Re: Neogondwana and Epitheria

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated Wed, 23 Jan 2002 10:40:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, Jerzy 
Dyczkowski <jerzyd@poczta.ibb.waw.pl> writes:

> I feel that linking each bird and mammal clade with a single continent is
> a little fanciful, perhaps coming from incomplete fossil record suggesting
> limited distribution...

Yeah, it does seem a little weird; however, the fact remains that Afrotheria 
(to the best of my knowledge, a clade based solely on genes, not fossils) 
contains a number of groups (aardvarks, tenrecs, golden moles, elephant shrews) 
that have apparently always been restricted to Africa.

--Nick P.