Re: Archaeopteryx and Parental Care

["T. Mike Keesey" <tmk@dinosauricon.com>]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/5/02 1:05:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu writes:
>
> << I can't think of a single
>  cursorial model which posits a quadrupedal ancestor (maybe Nopcsa?), nor can
>  I envision why a terrestrial proto-avian would want "bat-like membranes"
>  (though the authors may be referring to incipient patagia to increase
>  surface area).  >>
>
> In BCF, dinosaurs start out as arboreal quadrupeds (prolacertiforms)

When did prolacertiforms become dinosaurs??

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