Re: 190 million year old mammal footprints found

["Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

I wonder how new this news is.  On one of the Discovery Channel series, may 
not be the one about dinosaurs and could be the one about protomammals that 
is part of a miniseries, it discusses tiny mammal-like reptiles who burrowed 
far beneath the surface to where there were roots and other moisture, and 
they survived the terrible long drought that killed most of the larger and 
more advanced animals that lived on the surface.  It sounded as if they knew 
what and where these creatures were, and how they lived.

My guess is they also weren't the brainiest twigs on the protomammalian 
family tree.  They didn't need to be anything like as smart as a crocodile. 
In fact, my small dinosaurs are laughing at this explanation of how mammals 
ended up with big brains full of empty space.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
tiggernut24@yahoo.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GUY LEAHY" <xrciseguy@q.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 12:46 AM
Subject: 190 million year old mammal footprints found


> Non-dinosaurian, but still very cool:
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-mammals_tabjul24,0,5441814.story
>
> Guy Leahy