Re: Oryctos Is Back

[evelyn sobielski <koreke77@yahoo.de>]

> Total-evidence approach. Throw it all together and see
> which signal is 
> strongest.

The biogeography doesn't seem right. Dispersal of semi-volant microtheropods 
around the J-K boundary would be predominantly E -> W IIRC and they'd have to 
do a generous bit of ocean crossing for which they were not well-equipped. 

What seems certain is that highly interesting marerial is liable to occur in 
the E slope of the Urals. And perhaps also in some former islands in C Europe, 
but I think many have been rather well-explored.

Range extensions of smaller mammals in the Great American Interchanges might 
give some idea of the time involved.


> What do you mean? Fusion in adults is the plesiomorphic
> condition here, and 
> a joint the derived one. (Also found in *Rahonavis* and
> some or all of the 
> Chinese long-tailed "birds", I forgot which ones.
> Not found in *Sapeornis* 
> or confuciusornithids.)

What I mean is how to score the difference between enantis and euornis. Not as 
a binary character (fusion/joint).


How well is tarsometatarsus evolution documented?


Regards,

Eike

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