Re: K-T selection event

[John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>]

On Sun, 25 May 1997, bruce thompson wrote:
> But as to the survival of
> mammals and birds, I think it had something to do with the fact that they
> were seed-eaters and insectivores.  Cockroaches and plants with small seeds
> obviously survived, and so then did the animals that fed on them.  How many
> insect- or small seed- eating dinosaurs were there?

Then what do you say to recent molecular-clock findings that suggest that
_most_ modern bird families (and I suppose their various characters and
dietary requirments) made it across the K/T?  

Also, mammal teeth were more diverse than you suggest.