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Re: African neognaths

To: tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: African neognaths
From: Ronald Orenstein <ornstn@rogers.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 20:53:42 -0400
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At 09:20 PM 20/07/02 +0200, Tommy Tyrberg wrote:

DNA studies, fossils and the modern distribution of taxa all rather
strongly support a Gondwanan (S
America-Antarctica-Madagascar/India-Australia) origin for passerines, with
the oscine passerines being an originally Australian/New Zealand
(=Xenicidae) group.

I'm aware of suggestions that Xenicids are the outgroup to all other passerines, but that includes suboscines so the Xenicidae could hardly, then, be oscine. Is there a recent study suggesting otherwise?

-- Ronald I. Orenstein Phone: (905) 820-7886 International Wildlife Coalition Fax/Modem: (905) 569-0116 1825 Shady Creek Court Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 3W2 mailto:ornstn@rogers.com

References:
- African neognaths
  - From: Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>

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