Re: K-T Theories

["Randy King, go player and all-around swell guy!" <rking@flir.com>]

On Feb 6,  4:25pm, Stan Friesen wrote some stuff on the subject: RE: K-T 
Theories
> 
> To: dinosaur@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu (Multiple recipients of list)
>  > It would explain why all large creatures died out. But why would
>  > ALL of Dinosauria die out? Why not all of Mammalia and Reptilia? Were
>  > there no dinosaurs smaller than the largest surviving mammal at that
>  > time?
> 
> Well, remember that by then the smallest dinosaur was probably Troodon,
> or a close relative.
> 
> The largest mammal at the time was about the size of a cat
> (and a small one at that).
> 
> There seems to have been no overlap in size at all, so the
> largest surviving mammal was, perforce, smaller than the
> smallest Late Maastricthian dinosaur.
> 
> swf@elsegundoca.attgis.com            sarima@netcom.com
> 
> The peace of God be with you.
> 
>-- And that's the end of stuff from Stan Friesen

What evidence is there to support this?  It would seem, to me, to be
mostly conjecture.  

-Randy