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Re: Bird-like tracks from Late Triassic (new Nature issue)



In a message dated 6/26/02 3:42:01 PM EST, bh480@scn.org writes:

<< "Whatever the ichnotaxonomic affinities of these 
 footprints, their producers are unknown from Late Triassic 
 skeletal remains. In particular, the Late Triassic 
 theropodan record is sparse and no theropod shows evidence 
 of an avian-like reversed hallux. Consequently, these bird-
 like footprints can only be attributed to an unknown group 
 of theropods showing some avian characters." >>

How nice! Reality is finally beginning to confirm some of the predictions of 
BCF.