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Re: Addendum (Re: LATE SURVIVING CYNODONT)

To: Pieter.Depuydt@rug.ac.be, dinosaur@usc.edu, radass@orion.neca.com
Subject: Re: Addendum (Re: LATE SURVIVING CYNODONT)
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 15:26:18 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-to: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

In a message dated 97-06-10 14:41:32 EDT, Pieter.Depuydt@rug.ac.be writes:

<< platypus and the marsupials shear a more recent 
 common ancestor than each with placental mammals. >>

So egg-laying was lost >twice< in Mammalia, once above platypus in
platypus+marsupial clade, and once more (convergently) in placental clade?
And--marsupial birth mode is not a stage in the evolution of the placental
birth mode?

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