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Re: Piksi a pterosaur, not a bird from Upper Cretaceous
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- Subject: Re: Piksi a pterosaur, not a bird from Upper Cretaceous
- From: Mike Keesey <keesey@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 19:28:43 -0800
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On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Tim Williams <tijawi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can't think of too many examples in the opposite direction (i.e.,
> originally thought to be a pterosaur, then re-classified as a bird).
> Though I guess _Pterodactylus crassipes_ counts (later referred -->
> _Archaeopteryx_).
Depends what you mean by "bird". If you mean "aviremigian", there's
Ornithodesmus cluniculus.
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T. Michael Keesey
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