Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!husc6!necntc!adelie!cdx39!jc From: jc@cdx39.UUCP (John Chambers) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: evolution, parthogenesis, ad nauseum. Message-ID: <531@cdx39.UUCP> Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 17:08:48 EST Article-I.D.: cdx39.531 Posted: Mon Dec 22 17:08:48 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Dec-86 21:41:40 EST References: <7436@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: Codex Corp, a division of Motorola; Canton, MA, USA Lines: 19 Summary: class? order? family? > >>Turkeys belongs to a class of dinosaur??? (P.M Koloc) > > Sorry to break the news, but birds and dinosaurs *are* more closely related > than dinosaurs and present-day reptiles. > Hmmm...I thought that birds had been classified as a suborder of the dinosaurs, not a class. Anyone out there know what the official taxonomy really is these days? Like, draw me a cladogram, perhaps, and label the 'class' and 'order' levels. It is interesting to hit people with the 'fact' that dinosaurs didn't die out; that they probably ate one for Thanksgiving. I wonder when the media will hear the news. -- John M Chambers Phone: 617/364-2000x7304 Email: ...{adelie,bu-cs,harvax,inmet,mcsbos,mit-eddie,mot[bos]}!cdx39!{jc,news,root,usenet,uucp} Smail: Codex Corporation; Mailstop C1-30; 20 Cabot Blvd; Mansfield MA 02048-1193 Clever-Saying: For job offers, call (617)484-6393 evenings and weekends.