::I can not say. The paper only reported the similarities and showed the genetic distance of other families of animals from the dinosaurs. They made no claim about the method of descent just that there was a relationship.--[[User:Tims|TimS]] 07:24, 15 April 2007 (EDT) | ::I can not say. The paper only reported the similarities and showed the genetic distance of other families of animals from the dinosaurs. They made no claim about the method of descent just that there was a relationship.--[[User:Tims|TimS]] 07:24, 15 April 2007 (EDT) |