Re: FEDUCCIA IN AUK/BEAST OF GEVAUDAN

["Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Darren Naish wrote:

> He argues that
> because hundreds of Jurassic coelophysoid skeletons are
> known (p. 1197) then the absence of Jurassic proto-bird
> dinosaurs is evidence of absence. [snip] The absence of
> evidence here (good evidence) is a weakness though: can
> someone please go out this weekend and find a mid-Jurassic
> lagerstatte full of small coelurosaurs please?


While on the topic of 'ghost lineages', I would add that the fossil record 
for the _Longisquama_ --> _Archaeopteryx_ lineage is hardly crash-hot 
either.



Tim

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