Daohugou Beds (was RE: Greg Paul is right (again); or "Archie's not a birdy")

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

Actually, the age of the Daohugou Beds remain in play, and still may yet turn 
out to be Middle Jurassic (or at least at the MJ/LJ
boundary):

http://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/periodical_kxtb-e200621013.aspx

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Jaime Headden
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 1:44 AM
> To: Greg Paul; Dinosaur Mailing List
> Subject: RE: Greg Paul is right (again); or "Archie's not a birdy"
> 
> 
>   "It turns out"? My understanding, apart from the potential 
> of certain fossils from the Jurassic of the Morrison and 
> southern China, is that the Daohugou fauna continues to be 
> considered Late Jurassic, and likely Kimmeridgian.

>
> > In a message dated 7/28/11 6:33:35 PM, 
> archosauromorph2@hotmail.com writes:
> >
> > << And no abbreviated tails until the Cretaceous
> > > unless new LJ fossils show otherwise.
> >
> >
> > What about *Epidexipteryx*? >>
> >
> > It looks like Epi is turning out to be as earlier suspected E Cret.
> > </HTML>
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