[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Subject Index][Author Index]

Re: erect crocodile problems

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: erect crocodile problems
From: chris brochu <cbrochu@fmppr.fmnh.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 09:48:19 -0600
In-reply-to: <9806091530.ZM1543@pipa>
References: "Colette H. Adams" <cadams@hh.gpz.org> "erect crocodile problems" (Jun 8, 3:13pm)
Reply-to: cbrochu@fmppr.fmnh.org
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

>
>Are not crocodiles descended from bipedal ancestors?

They probably are not.  There were some facultatively bipedal lineages
toward the base of the croc stem lineage, and hatchlings have been known to
run bipedally for very short distances, but actual bipedality is not
optimized for any ancestors of Crocodylia.


chris


-=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=
Christopher Brochu

Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Department of Geology
Field Museum of Natural History
Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL  60605  USA

phone:  312-922-9410, ext. 469
fax:  312-922-9566

cbrochu@fmppr.fmnh.org

References:
- Re: erect crocodile problems
  - From: "Tony Canning" <tonyc@foe.co.uk>

Prev by Date: Re: erect crocodile problems
Next by Date: re:arcchaeopteryx feathers
Previous by thread: Re: erect crocodile problems
Next by thread: Re: erect crocodile problems
Indexes: