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Hoatzin & Archaeopteryx
Just thinking, has anybody compared the skeletons of Archaeopteryx.
Especially with the controversy regarding manual digits 1,2,3 & 4 in
theropods & extant birds, this could prove interesting. I've been
wondering if the Hoatzin could be a late-surviving Archaeopteryid[to
coin a phrase] - which would somewhat explain it being the only extant
member of it's family or an example of regressive evolution, as has
been suggested.
As a side note, not much has been said of Protoavis. I understand that
the remains are fragmentary. Can it be discerned from what information
is available whether Protoavis may have possibly been an ancestor of
Archaeopteryx, or an example of convergent evolution, as in phytosaurs
& crocodilians?