RE: palaeognaths (NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY)

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> T. Mike Keesey
>
> Didn't one recent study posit _Lithornithiformes_ as the sister group to
> _Neornithes_? (The only non-neornithean dinosaur survivors of the K/T! :)

Yes.  The paper was:
Clarke and Chiappe, 2001. A new carinate bird from the Late Cretaceous of
Patagonia (Argentina). American Museum Novitates 3323 1-23.
(previously mentioned on the list at:
http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2001Mar/msg00773.html)

                Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
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