Re: Dino/bird amphibians

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Amphibian dinosaur?

Have you any reason to expect there to be one?

Because the way I understand it, reptiles had been around for some time
before the basal archosaur, which evolved into crocodiles, pterosaurs, and
dinosaurs.    So you wouldn't find amphibian dinosaurs - or do I understand
your question correctly?
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra@austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harri Hirvelä" <harri.hirvela@dlc.fi>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:58 PM
Subject: Dino/bird amphibians


> Hi.
>
> Thinking about the birds and their feathery dinosaur forefathers, have
> any one ever found or suspected to find, an amphibian dinosaur that
> would have been living in the same ecological niche like the amphibian
> birds of today? If so, which fossil? If not, why not?
>
> Best rgds,
> Harri Hirvelä
>