Re: Sapeornis and other Mesozoic Birds

["T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>]

> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Ralph Miller
>
> The largest known EARLY Mesozoic bird?

Seeing as the midpoint of the Mesozoic is somewhere in the
Kimmeridgian, I'm not sure that even _Archaeopteryx_ counts as an
early Mesozoic bird. In fact, you'd probably have to be a bit loose
with your definition of "bird" for there to be any early Mesozoic
birds all. (Well, that or be loose with your definition of "early
Mesozoic".)
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T. Michael Keesey
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