RE: Youngest dino remains

["Derkits, Gustav E, JR (Gus)" <gderkits@lucent.com>]

Astonishing!

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> From:         Dinogeorge@aol.com[SMTP:Dinogeorge@aol.com]
> Sent:         Friday, March 19, 1999 6:20 PM
> To:   Derkits, Gustav E, JR (Gus); pharrinj@plu.edu
> Cc:   rayancog@pacific.net.ph; dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject:      Re: Youngest dino remains
> 
> In a message dated 3/19/99 6:00:07 PM EST, gderkits@lucent.com writes:
> 
> << The point is which group is a subset of which other group.
>  Dinosaurs are not a subset of birds. >>
> 
> Ah, but I think they >are< a subset of birds, because all the evidence
> I've
> gathered indicates that the common ancestors of dinosaurs and extant birds
> were small, feathered, tree-dwelling reptiles capable of some kind of
> flight.
>