| Thanks Jeafel for the info and taking the time to search for information on primitive birds. It seems that religious people (me for one) spend too much time in defense of God. Individuals (primarily secular) with veiled schemes and hurtful intentions seem bent on destroying what good is left in our world. Not only are they destructive to my universe, they are hell on my sleep as it seems of late that sleep is a rare commodity, what with school, mission work, fund raising etc....oh well some interesting notes below, and thanks again.
It seems that Archaeopteryx is in trouble again. Not only are there problems linking Archaeopteryx to theropods, there is no link from it to any modern birds. Martin (1985, p. 182) states: "Archaeopteryx is not ancestral to any group of modern birds. It has specializations in its tarsometatarsus and skull which show conclusively that it is on a side branch of avian evolution."
So, also, where then are the intermediates lying on the main branch? Answer there are none. ho hum.
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