Re: [regrowth]

[archosaur@usa.net]

Nick Longrich <nrlongri@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:

*snip*

 I wouldn't
> be surprised if tail regeneration was something that was specialized in
> lizards- beyond the break-lines I mean. But again I guess you'd have to map
> it onto a cladogram and see.
>       -N

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The way I see it, caudal autotomy is a synapomorphy seen in Lepidosaurs (among
reptiles) and can be seen as convergent with caudal (and limb) autotomy seen
in salamanders.

I don't think anyone has ever done a cladogram on a function such as that, but
I wouldn't be surprised if that is what would be shown.

Archosaur J



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