Re: crocodylians, amphibians ... (was Sarcosuchus)

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/26/01 11:00:14 PM EST, kinman@hotmail.com writes:

<< "non-avian dinosaurs" (maybe that's one of the reasons why Dodson hates 
the latter "tortured" phrase so much) >>

Dodson's not the only one...

Since all dinosaurs are birds, there >are no< non-avian dinosaurs. There can, 
however, be non-dinosaurian avians (along the stem joining the common 
ancestor of crocodylians and avians to the common ancestor of dinosaurs). As 
far as I'm concerned, these have yet to be identified in the fossil record (I 
once thought megalancosaurids and Cosesaurus were such, but Dave Peters found 
a better place for them), but some might consider "lagosuchians" to be such 
animals.