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Re: Tiktaalik

To: john.a.conway@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Tiktaalik
From: jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:55:07 -0500
Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
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It's sheer speculation at the moment, but I'd buy into that as a possibility. Jim

----- Original Message ----- From: "John Conway" <john.a.conway@gmail.com>

I'd take a punt that were flightless pterosaurs somewhere in the Late Jurassic, when pterodactyloids on isolated islands didn't yet face competition from those scampering birds. Doubt they'll be discovered though.

References:
- Re: Tiktaalik
  - From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
- Re: Tiktaalik
  - From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
- Re: Tiktaalik
  - From: John Conway <john.a.conway@gmail.com>