Re: Crab and Sauropod Fossil

[zone65 <zone65@telstra.com>]

> Quoting zone65@bigpond.com:
> 
> > Always reassuring to see more evidence of sauropods living the 
> > semi-aquatic life!
> 
> You do realize this is akin to saying the existence of hippopotami 
> is "evidence
> of artiodactyls living the semi-aquatic life"?
> 
> Nick Pharris
> Department of Linguistics
> University of Michigan
> 

Indeed it is, but there's no problem with it. I didn't say "evidence of ALL 
sauropods...". Your comparison example would also be a logically correct 
statement to make, as would be "the existence of bats is evidence of mammals 
taking to the air".

Peter M