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This is a sequel to the thread, "Fabulous Triassic Menagerie" where some
important implications for evolutionary theory of the "menagerie" will
be the topic.
The term "mega-evolution" is due to George Gaylord Simpson, an
outstanding evolutionary theorist.
It fills a huge gap left by the word "macroevolution" which is
often made synonymous
with speciation. A glance at the colorful creatures on the "parent"
thread is enough to see
that their evolution went far beyond that.
I have already hypothesized on the "parent" thread that such huge evolutionary
advances are due to an explosion of Punctuated Equilibrium (PE) events:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.bio.paleontology/c/wivJO-SxPbI/m/yjkSXj7-AAAJ
Re: Fabulous Triassic Menagerie
Sep 27, 2023, 9:52:50 PM
In my next post to this thread, I will be speculating on another
possibility that would come under mega-evolutionary theory.
Peter Nyikos
Professor, Dept. of Mathematics -- standard disclaimer--
University of South Carolina
http://people.math.sc.edu/nyikos
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