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Re: ptero endothermy

To: qilongia@yahoo.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: ptero endothermy
From: "James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:27:21 -0800
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Dave, do you and Chris buy into similar ancestries for pterosaurs?
Jim

Jaime A. Headden wrote:
> 
> Dave Peters (davidrpeters@earthlink.net) wrote:
> 
> <????? Except that the longer ilia preceded the wings by thousands of
> generations.>
>
> Phylogenetic precursors are always a majorly hypothetical argument.

Well said.  With luck, someday, for some species, the fossil record may
address that issue.

References:
- Re: ptero endothermy
  - From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>

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