Re: Cretaceous Parrot

[fredericus ruhe <fredruhe@xs4all.nl>]

The paleornithologists, who didn't agree were Gareth Dyke and Gerald Mayr,
the ref is:

Gareth J. Dyke & Gerald Mayr, 1999
Did Parrots Exist in the Cretaceous Period
Nature 399: 317-318

Fred

At 20:26 28-03-2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Yes, Joao, there was a paper on a Cretaceous parrot published in 1998 by
Tom Stidham of UC Berkeley.  The fossil in question was a jaw fragment only
1 inch in length found in Late Cretaceous Wyoming sediments (originally
discovered in the 1950's, but only recently studied).  
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>According to Stidham this fossil pushes back the evolution of parrots some
10 million years.  But, some paleornithologists do not agree with Stidham's
analysis of the jaw fragment, and say that more evidence is needed.  Go figure!
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>Steve
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>Steve Brusatte
>Dino Land Paleontology
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>On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 18:24:23   Joco Simues Lopes Filho wrote:
>>I've read a few years ago a Nature's article about the finding of a
Cretaceous parrot. Is it true?
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>>Joao SL
>>Rio
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