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

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:06:44 +1100 Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
writes:
 
> 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.


But half the fun of science is falsifying someone else's claim!  ;-)  The
other half of the fun is adding supporting evidence to an existing claim.

At the very least, a rigorous collecting campaign should be conducted on
the formation in question.  If one Dicynodont specimen purportedly came
from the unit, then the odds are that the taxon is common there (rare
taxa are rarely collected or are never collected).

I'll even offer my services.  Just make the grant check out to moi.  ;-)

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