[Taxacom] 53 million year rabbit foot

[Scott Lyell Gardner]

Ken: True! That would be very lucky to find a complete skeleton. Scott

On 12/1/2011 8:43 PM, Kenneth Kinman wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>        Well, any lagomorph that old is probably a lucky find.
>
> Better yet, more complete than just a foot. I would particularly like to
>
> see lagomorph fossils between 65 and 55 million years of ago, especially
>
> stem-Ochotonidae and stem-Lagomorpha.
>
>        Of course, assuming that Lagomorpha originated before 65 million
> years ago, the really big prize would be fossils of Cretaceous
> stem-Lagomorpha.  However, they might be so rodent-like that only skull
> material would be definitive.  A mere foot at that stage might not be
> sufficient.  But there is a lot good stuff coming out of China and
> Mongolia these days.
>                  ---------Ken
> ----------------------------------------------
> Scott Lyell Gardner wrote:    
>            My question: Is a 53,000,000 year old
> rabbit foot still lucky? Just wanted to know for the next time we find
> one when we are on a field trip.
>        -Scott Gardner
>
>
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