Some Refs from My College Trip

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

  Got to go pick up a lot of the early
dino-rennaisance articles, including Bakker's disproof
of "brontosaur" aquatism, using the same data that
Matt Bonnan mentions, and supported by countless
tracks, etc. also similarly described in Wilson and
Caranno (1999), with wide-gauge trackways previously
reported this month or last. So I'm happy.

  However, two articles caught my eye that may bear on
some dino-related discussions.

Mayr, G. A new trogon fro the Middle Oligocene of
Cereste, France. _the Auk_ 116 (2): 427-434. [there's
an accute accent above the first "e" in "Cereste",
which I was not brave enough to risk translation to
other listmembers.]

  Describes _Primotrogon wintersteini_, which Mayr
supports as the closest outgroup to extant trogonids.
Suggests some relationship to caprimulgiforms, though
distantly, and that means a (trogon + ((goatsucker +
archaeotrogon) + (owl + (hummingbird + swift))))
association, if I catch my popular relationships
right.

Unwin, D.M. 1999. Pterosaurs: Back to the traditional
model? _Trends in Evolution and Ecology_ 14 (7):
263-298.

  Discusses the historical development of the bat-like
model and bird-like models of pterosaur wings and
posture, and advocates the former based on hip
morphology and wing impressions in a variety of
species, not the least of which are *Sordes* and
*Pterodactylus*. Gives an historical account of it,
too.

  Reporting from the shelves,

===
Jaime A. Headden

"May I lure us, ere the mote ends us?"

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