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

["Neil Taylor (Home)" <nf.taylor@ntlworld.com>]

Mike Nathal wrote:
> As a member of "the public who pays attention to such things,"  I am 
> not turned off by reclassifying Archaeopteryx as a bird or non-bird.  
> I kind of like it, because it shows that Science is still progressing 
> and full of new ideas;  it shows Archaeopteryx is a 'transitional' 
> species that is supposed to be so rare (in certain arguments);  it 
> shows by example how evolution research is conducted.

> I do however think Pluto should be re-classified as it always was: as 
> a cartoon character.
unfortunately that name was pre-occupied by a species of classical deity...
(at least it wasn't a beetle!)

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Neil Taylor "Creo Imaginem Mente"