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

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Mike Keesey wrote:


> Calling this thing a "whale" stretches credibility:


And yet... that's exactly what the authors did when they named it "Pakicetus" - 
the "Paki[stan] whale".


(Ditto for _Ambulocetus_, _Artiocetus_, _Rodhocetus_, Himalayacetus_... and so 
on.  All have "whale" names too.)


> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pakicetus.gif


Now you're cheating, Mike!  Get this thing off dry land, and put it in the 
water.  Then we'll see how "whale-like" it really is!  :-)


http://critters.pixel-shack.com/WebImages/crittersgallery/Pakicetus.jpg


Cheers

Tim


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