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Re: New BBC series research

To: ktdykes@arcor.de, Dinosaur Mailing List <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: New BBC series research
From: "T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:01:10 -0800
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On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 8:40 AM, K and T Dykes <ktdykes@arcor.de> wrote:
>
> /Castorocauda/, a perhaps Middle Jurassic (or maybe later) docodont
[...]
> /Xenocretosuchus/ of Siberia and a couple of not yet described tritylodontid
> Lower Cretaceous colleagues from Japan. ÂTis oft assumed that non-mammalian
> cynodonts saw their mammalian 'descendants', and were so impressed with
> mammals that the non-mammal cynos all dropped dead.

Hehe! I think that's true of many other faunal turnovers as well...

> Xenocret and Co
> demonstrate non-mammalian cynodonts were still breeding well into the
> Cretaceous.

Strictly speaking, _Castorocauda_ is a Cretaceous non-mammalian
cynodont as well.

Excellent pitch -- I'd rather like to see that now.
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T. Michael Keesey
Technical Consultant and Developer, Internet Technologies
Glendale, California
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References:
- New BBC series research
  - From: "Alex Freeman" <alex.freeman@bbc.co.uk>
- Re: New BBC series research
  - From: "K and T Dykes" <ktdykes@arcor.de>

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