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Re: THE TURTLE PROBLEM

To: Darren Naish <dwn194@soton.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: THE TURTLE PROBLEM
From: Adam Yates <zooamy@zoo.latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:19:58 +1000 (EST)
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
In-reply-to: <199706101401.PAA11239@willow.sucs.soton.ac.uk>
Reply-to: zooamy@zoo.latrobe.edu.au
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On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Darren Naish wrote:

> 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.

Procolophonids, captorhinids, pariesaurs and now placodonts? What will be 
the next guess for the sister group of the Chelonia? (my money's still 
with the "turtles are extant pariesaurs" hypothesis).

Adam Yates

References:
- THE TURTLE PROBLEM
  - From: "Darren Naish" <dwn194@soton.ac.uk>

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