Re: Addendum (Re: LATE SURVIVING CYNODONT)

[NJPharris@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-10 14:41:34 EDT, Pieter.Depuydt@rug.ac.be writes:

> This also suggests that the view of monotremes as being 
>  'primitive' as reflecting the ancestral state and not having 
>  developed the 'advanced' features of the other mammals
>  should give way to the vision that considers the characteristics of the 
>  Australian mammals as adaptations...

I would interpret this, if true, to be evidence that viviparity evolved (at
least) twice in mammals:  once in marsupials and once in placentals.

Nick Pharris