Pieter Depuydt wrote.. > Rieppel also considers turtles and placodonts as sister groups if > memory serves, so in his view, turtles are extant Sauropterygia... > Right? It would seem so - but you think I believe *this*? I like my turtles as good little parareptiles. Thanks for the comments Pieter. "The kitten was fine" DARREN NAISH