On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 4:59:36 PM UTC-4, Oxyaena wrote:
Forwarding it here in case Professor Asshat doesn't see it.
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Subject: For Peter
Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 16:58:45 -0400
From: Oxyaena <oxy...@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: talk.origins
You, Peter, said that there are no fossils of any gliding mammals or
flying mammals prior to the first appearance of bats in the fossil
record. You're wrong here, as usual. We actually have fossils of gliding mammals dating back as far as the Mesozoic, ever hear of
*Volaticotherium*, Peter? I doubt it, considering your recent comments
on the subject, lol:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature05234
Nice catch Oxyeana. I claimed that modern gliders are all plant eaters, but didn't think of ancient insectivorous gliders.
Highly specialized insectivorous dentition and a sizable patagium (flying membrane) for gliding flight. The patagium is covered with dense hair and supported by an elongated tail and limbs; the latter also bear many features adapted for arboreal life.
This discovery extends the earliest record of gliding flight for mammals to at least 70 million years earlier in geological history...
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