Re: New reference, dinosaur polyphyly based on track record

[Roberto Takata <rmtakata@gmail.com>]

On 11/21/06, Mark Van Tomme <markvantomme@yahoo.com> wrote:
> THULBORN, T., 29.9.2006. On the tracks of the earliest
> dinosaurs: implications for the hypothesis of
> dinosaurian monophyly. Alcheringa 30, 273-311.
>
> >From the record of dinosaurian skeletal remains it has
> been inferred that the origin and initial
> diversification of dinosaurs were rapid events,
> occupying an interval of about 5 million years in the
> Late Triassic.
[...]
> This scenario of dinosaurian polyphyly is as well-supported by fossil
> evidence as is the currently favoured view of
> dinosaurian monophyly.

Why footprints must be more informative than skeletal remains?

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Roberto Takata