Re: New Feathered Dinosaur

["Ken Kinman" <kinman@hotmail.com>]

Allan,
   Yes, and I believe Larry and Dinogeorge might call such common ancestor 
a dino-bird (although I'm not sure Dinogeorge is all that keen on the 
pterosaur connection).  The similarities may be convergent, but I think it 
is well worth looking into the possibility that they are not convergent.
    Who knows, maybe even some of the early ancestors of crocs had fuzzy 
little babies (but lost the fuzz when they turned aquatic).  Idle 
speculation?---perhaps.
                   -----Ken Kinman
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> From: "Allan Smith" <fossilsmith@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: fossilsmith@hotmail.com
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: New Feathered Dinosaur
> Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 16:29:30
>
> Ok, just for the sake of argument, lets say that the two structures are
> extremely similar in structure and function, could'nt it be argued that the
> origin of "dinofuzz" came from a common ancestor shared by both theropods
> and pterosaurs? Assuming of course that all pterosaurs had this "hairlike"
> covering.
>
> Allan Smith
> Fossilsmith Studios
>
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