In a message dated 7/22/99 10:57:23 AM EST, m_troutman@hotmail.com writes: << And, oh, BTW, birds are archosaurs so your statement that _Protoavis_ could be some sort of archosaur is correct, but I doubt that is what you meant. >> Suggest you all read Chatterjee, S., 1998. "The avian status of Protoavis," Archaeopteryx 16: 99-122.