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Re: Couple of News Stories

To: 4mjmu@rogers.com
Subject: Re: Couple of News Stories
From: Dino Guy Ralph <dinoguy@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:26:45 -0800
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
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mjmurphy wrote:

> A couple of interesting news stories from ScienceDaily that noone seems to
> have mentioned:
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/01/030117081103.htm
>
> entitled "Early Mammals Used Pelvic Bones To Trot, Study Finds".  Article
> concludes that the "epipubic bones", long thought to be there to support
> marusupial pouches, in fact evolved to increase mobility.

So _Eomaia_, the complete eutherian from Liaoning, didn't necessarily have a
pouch!

-------Ralph W. Miller III
           ralph.miller@alumni.usc.edu

References:
- Re: a great little "narrow wing" pterosaur specimen
  - From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>
- Couple of News Stories
  - From: "mjmurphy" <4mjmu@rogers.com>

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