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Re: John Bois on Armadillos at the K/T!

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: John Bois on Armadillos at the K/T!
From: Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia <fabdalla@box1.tin.it>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 09:11:06 +0200
Cc: qilongia@yahoo.com
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Jaime A. Headden wrote: <<The biggist pterosaurs were in the latest
Cretaceous, but no causal effect has been determinable, so making
assumptions on this matter are horribly premature.<<

Actually the so called "giant" pterosaurs were already present during the
Early Cretaceous. Fragmentary remains have been found in Brazil and
England. Giantism is not a feature of latest pterosaurs only (see Unwin's
presentation at Bozeman SVP meeting).
All the best
Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia
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Fabio M. Dalla Vecchia, PhD
Museo Paleontologico Cittadino
Via Valentinis 134
I-34074 Monfalcone
ITALY
http://www.fante.speleo.it

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