Re: Martin and furcular homology

["Nick Gardner" <paleo_otaku95@eudoramail.com>]

--- Sean ? wrote:
>
>Now, im no fan of Martin's work on avian origins, but 
>surely he cannot be 
>saying that, on the one hand, that the furculae are 
>non-homologous because 
>theropods lack interclavicles, and on the other, that
> they're non-homologous because 
>they do!
>
>Is Martin just sinking deeper, or am I missing something?
>

Well, it's possible that he simply changed opinion.  The only papers I have on 
furculae do not discuss the hypocleidium, so I cannot comment further on the 
above, sadly.  Wasn't Martin rumoured to have possibly recently switched sides 
in the avian origins debate?

Nick Gardner


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