Dear Xavier
Thanks for the invitation - how could not be involved? You may also like to see my chapter in "Reptilian Incubation" published by Nottingham University Press in 2004.
My question arises from the fact that I would like to see the proceedings from the 2nd symposium before the third one takes place!!
One question that arises from my Palaeontology paper is whether the "theropod eggs" are actually dinosaur - perhaps they are from enantiornithine birds that laid their eggs in a reptilian-like manner, hence their resemblance to avian eggs but their high conductance sets them apart. After all how many oospecies are positively identified with a dinosaur (i.e. with an embryo within them or next to an adult)?
Cladistic analysis needs to utilise as many species as possible to produce a robust phylogeny - the previous attempts have used only one or two croc species and ratite birds to compare with theropod eggshells.
Regards
Charles
----- Original Message -----From: Xavier Panades I BlasSent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:04 AMSubject: Re: [Palaeo-oology] 2nd International symposium on dino eggs and babiesDear Charles,Thank you for joining so quickly to our group.Please, accept my apologies if I did not explain myself properly. I was only inviting you to join our group.I totally agree with you that a publication such as proceedings about palaeo-oology is more than necessary. Also there is a journal that would automatically welcome our publication without a problem.Recent publications on eggshells are focussed on linking dinosaurs and birds, without taking in consideration biomineralisation processes, it is quite frustating how 40-50 years of work is marginalised because of politics, grants ...Whatever!I am pretty sure that a cladistic analyses including modern and fossil eggshells, biomineralisation and physiological processes is compatible and will produce a better evolutionary view of the evolution of eggs.Thank you for all!
charles_deeming <charlie@...> wrote:Were the proceedings ever published and if they were, where do I get a
copy?
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