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Re: Bird bipedalism (was A layman's question...)
Phillip Bigelow (bh162@scn.org)
Tue, 02 Jul 1996 17:09:50 -0700
Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. wrote:
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> ordover@aol.com (ORDOVER) wrote:
> > Here's a question -- were birds bipedal before they could fly? Bats
> > aren't bipedal; neither are flying squirrels. Why are birds?
> Birds were bipedal becuase their ancestors, coelurosaurian theropod
> dinosaurs, had been bipedal for several tens of millions of years before
> the advent of bird flight.
And Tommy ought to know. He STUDIES dinosaurs.
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