Re: No Cretaceous placental mammals?

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Mike Keesey wrote:

> They find _Vegavis iaai_, a Maastrichtian bird from Antarctica, to bea 
> stem-anatid. This means, at the very least, that pan-palaeognathes, 
> pan-galliforms, pan-neoavians, pan-anhimids, pan-anatids, and 
> the_Anseranas_ total group were distinct before the K/Pg boundary.

Probably also the respective stem groups that include odontopterygiforms, 
dromornithids, and gastornithids, given that these groups also cluster at 
the base of the Neornithes, outside Neoaves.

Cheers

Tim

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