Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups

["João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@uol.com.br>]

----- Original Message -----
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: João S. Lopes Filho <jodan99@uol.com.br>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups


> > The oldest creodonts in Africa were from Late Paleocene, North Africa.
>
> Maybe creodonts are polyphyletic (AFAIK such things have been suggested).

When I say creodonts I'm refering to hyaenodonts+oxyaenids.

> > Was Eremopezus a carnivorous? Interesting.
>
> Maybe: http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2001Mar/msg00241.html
>
> > Perhaps there are carnivorous birds
> > instead of carnivorous afrotherians. Perhaps Diatryma came from Africa
to
> > Europe, who knows?
>
> *Gastornis* (senior synonym of *Diatryma*) is usually regarded as
anseriform
> or gruiform, so I think that's unlikely. Gastornithidae (includes the
> Chinese *Zhongyuanus*) apparently had a pan-Laurasian distribution.
> *Eremopezus* doesn't seem to belong there.

But , where did Gastornis came from? Is its origin in America, Asia or
Europe?