Re: Cretaceous Dicynodonts was Re Triassic mammal-like reptiles?

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

Jean-Michel BENOIT wrote:
> 
> I said "Temnosdpondyl remains have been found in Cretaceous formations ",
> can't remember exactly the period, but I think the genus is *Koolasuchus*
> Jean-Michel
> 

Australia is well known for its relict populations (even to the
present):

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/non-rept.htm#amphibians
http://www.alphalink.com.au/oztriass.htm

First came the Jurassic *Austropelor wadleyi* from Queensland. "The
dating's all wrong", grumbled the critics. "Everyone knows laby's became
extinct in the Triassic." Then further laby' remains were found
elsewhere, and the near-complete *Siderops kehli* (also from the
Jurassic of Queensland) set the record straight.

Then Early Cretaceous laby' remains turned up in Victoria (*Koolasuchus
cleelandi*). "The dating's all wrong", grumbled the critics. "Everyone
knows MOST laby's became extinct in the Triassic - expect for those rare
Jurassic freaks." Once again, those stodgy old palaeontologists had
to revise their theories. :)

If you ask me, if any sort of fossil turns up in Australia that
post-dates their apparent extinction in other parts of the world (ie.
Dicynodonts), then it'd probably save a lot of time and trouble just to
accept it and move on. Australian fauna has always been a weird lot...

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