Odp: [dinosaur] Why birds are living dinosaurs

To: Paul P <turtlecroc@yahoo.com>, dinosaur-l@usc.edu <dinosaur-l@usc.edu>, tholtz@umd.edu <tholtz@umd.edu>, Poekilopleuron <dinosaurtom2015@seznam.cz>
Subject: Odp: [dinosaur] Why birds are living dinosaurs
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:49:52 +0200
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I see two problems here (excluding the general confusion of lay persons):

1) paraphylethic groups are actually useful. The presence of a "non-avian dinosaur" term is an evidence;

2) professionals refer to K-Pg event as an extinction of dinosaurs.

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