Re: Asteroid impact finally confirmed?

[Jeffrey Martz <martz@holly.ColoState.EDU>]

>  >      According to Fedducia, all birds except for one little group of
>  > shore-birds were wiped out.
>  > 
> And he is wrong about that too.  

      I should have known better then to trust Fedducia's knowledge of
the fossils.
      How absolutely vital are alulas for precise landings on branches?
Chiappe says that since _Archaeopteryx_ didn't have an alula, it must of
have landed on the ground.  Is there a date for the Sinosauropteryx paper
yet?  

LN Jeff
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