Re: smallest ANCIENT non-bird dinosaur - was what I was asking

[Nick Pharris <npharris@umich.edu>]

Quoting "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>:

> Calling this thing a "whale" stretches credibility:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pakicetus.gif
>
> A "whale relative", yes. A "whale", no.
>
> Besides, stem groups are a reality of evolution.

Well, a reality of evolution, combined with extinction and the time at 
which the taxonomist happens to live, yes.

-- Nick Pharris

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