At 20:23 10/10/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>G'day All,
>
>Could anyone on the world's best bird email list give
>me info on whether or not Archaeoptrex lithographica
>is still considered to be the world's oldest known
>bird?
>
>Many thanks,
>John A. Gamblin feeling quite olde .....
>
>
Hi John
I think that Archaeopteryx, at 150 m years Before Present,
is the earliest known bird.... but I stand to be corrected.
There is a v. good article on the early dinosaur/birds and
the evolution of feathers and flight in
National Geographic, July 1998 194(1): 74-99.
Cheers
Pete
Dr Peter Woodall email =
Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
School of Veterinary Science. Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW = http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
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