Re: Pterosaur diversity (was: Re: Waimanu)

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Nick Pharris wrote:

> > I know there was a study by Hone et al. (2005) which claimed to show that 
> > most dinosaurian lineages got larger over time.  But if you dig a little 
> > deeper, the evidence is actually rather weak.  The same is true of most of 
> > the attempts to demonstrate Cope's rule in other lineages, with horses 
> > being the most (in)famous example.  Stephen Jay Gould called Cope's rule a 
> > "psychological artifact".
>
> After all, look what's happened to elephant shrews over the years.

OK, I've racked my brains and I still can't figure it out... Nick, what 
happened to elephant shrews?

Cheers

Tim (*scratching my head*)