Re: paleonet Bird bone preservation

["Kleo P" <burszt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've read this statement also.  The author says the "bones are thicker than 
those of most birds" not that they are larger--you quote it as I remember 
it.  I assumed this to mean that the walls of the Dodo's bones were thicker 
and therefore, the bones were less airy, internally, than similar sized bone 
birds tend to be.  A Dodo bone the same size as the bone of a flying bird, 
the Dodo bone would stand up to crushing during burial better than the other 
due to the Dodo having "thicker" not bigger bones.  I don't have much 
background in taphonomy, though, and will have to try this for myself.

Do you have the original source for the observation?

I would love to have a taphonomist weigh in in detail on Paleonet or maybe a 
citation?

Kleo P.

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