Re: Avian Monophyly (Was Re: Sheesh)... :-)

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Dora Smith wrote:

> I was wondering when it would occur to anybody that post-Cretaceous birds 
> might not be just one line of therapods.

Alas, there's no evidence that any theropod group other than the Neornithes 
(including lithornithids) survived into the Cenozoic.

> I'll liven up that dinosaur throat discussion one of these minutes -

Forget that.  Let's hear more about those Permian dinosaurs!  I'm 
intrigued...

Cheers

Tim

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