Re: The Permian-Triassic Extinction

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Folks, I've not got time to argue about it today.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael J. Balsai" <vze3vhpv@verizon.net>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: The Permian-Triassic Extinction


> ><<Actually, there were dinosaurs in the Permian.   But they were small 
> >and
> > not very specialized at that point.   The highly evolved premammalian
> > reptiles held dominion.>>
> >
> > Actually, there weren't, Dora.  The earliest known dinosaurs are from some
> > of the Middle Triassic localities.  There were small reptiles during the
> > Permian, but no dinosaurs are among them.  Either re-read whatever it was 
> > or
> > throw it away.
>
> I would agree with this and was baffled by the claim for dinosaurs in the 
> Permian.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike Balsai