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RE: Echidnas evolved from amphibious ancestors
Tim Williams mentioned this paper:
Forasiepi, A.M., and Martinelli, A.G. (2003). Femur of a monotreme (Mammalia,
Monotremata) from the Early Paleocene Salamance Formation of Patagonia,
Argentine. Ameghiniana 40: 625â630.
I don't have access to the journal, and would greatly appreciate a copy if
anyone has it.
Anybody tempted to shout "Me too!", there's really no need to send to the whole
list. It makes sense when you think about it.
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Dr John D. Scanlon, FCD
Riversleigh Fossil Centre, Outback at Isa
riversleigh@outbackatisa.com.au
http://tinyurl.com/f2rby
"Get this $%#@* python off me!", said Tom laocoonically.
I don't have the paper, so I can't tell you on what basis the femur is referred
to _Monotrematum sudamericum_. However, the femur is mentioned in the
_Kryoryctes_ paper (Pridmore et al., 2005), where they refer to it as "femoral
fragments", and that based on this material, _Monotrematum_ was a "large
animal" (i.e., by Mesozoic mammal standards).
Cheers
Tim