----- Original Message -----
From: "Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Cc: <GSP1954@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Archaeopteryx not the first bird, is the earliest known
(powered) flying dinosaur
Is this a real serious proposal that microraptors were soaring animals?
Soaring as a specialization arising from powered flapping?
Albatrosses and vultures developed two different types of soaring as
specializations arising from powered flapping. It's not a bad way to get
there.....