Re: Improper question re. ext...

[Flyinggoat@aol.com]

>I would be interested to know what evidence has been presented >that 
>dinosaurs were becoming less abundant.  I do not buy it.
>Peter Sheehan

     Not all groups were showing a drop in numbers, but it has already been
mentioned that the smaller dinosaurs were mostly extinct by the Late
Cretaceous (ie: Hypsephalodonts, compsygnathus, etc),species that seem to
have been strongly represented in earlier time periods.  I am curious as to
what exactly was replacing them, mammals or something else.....
   This of course does not actually prove anything about the disappearance of
dinosaurs as a whole, but it does show distinct changes showing up over time.


Betty Cunningham(Flyinggoat@aol.com)
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