Most paleontologists regard birds as the only surviving dinosaurs ( see Origin of birds ).

Most geologists and paleontologists would probably set the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic boundary either at the classic point where the first trilobites and reef building animals ( archaeocyatha ) such as corals and others appear ; at the first appearance of a complex feeding burrow called Treptichnus pedum ; or at the first appearance of a group of small, generally disarticulated, armored forms termed ' the small shelly fauna '.

Most paleontologists hold fossilized jaw remains to be the distinguishing feature used to classify synapsids and reptiles.

Most bryozoan specialists tend to consider themselves paleontologists, rather than micropaleontologists, but many micropaleontologists also study bryozoa.

Most paleontologists have since ignored the name Archaeoraptor, while the name Microraptor zhaoianus Xu et al., 2000 has attained universal currency.

Most paleontologists believed that titanosaurs had box-like skulls with the nostrils midway up the snout, like the Camarasaurus, but Rapetosaurus has a long, low skull, with the nostrils on the top, similar to Diplodocus.

Most had four tusks, and their retracted facial and nasal bones prompt paleontologists to believe that gomphotheres had elephant-like trunks.

Most paleontologists support Cooley's view, and subsequent discoveries confirmed that small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs like Bambiraptor were fully covered in feathers ( see Dromaeosauridae for more information ).

Most paleontologists now doubt that whales are descended from mesonychids, and instead suggest that whales are either descended from, or share a common ancestor with, the anthracotheres, the semi-aquatic ancestors of hippos.

Most paleontologists maintain all three genera separately, although there is no precise definition of a species or genus in paleontology.

Most scholars, while willing to accept a survival ( revival??

Most scholars today accept the basic authenticity of the book, but see in it significant additions by a " school " of later followers of the original prophet.

Most zebrafish accept common food flakes and tubifex worms in the aquarium.

Most Christians ( Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Rite and Protestants alike ) accept the use of creeds, and subscribe to at least one of the creeds mentioned above.

Most European conservatives writers do not accept American conservatism as genuine ; they consider it to be a variety of liberalism.

Isaacs considered that ' Unconscious phantasies exert a continuous influence throughout life, both in normal and neurotic people, the difference lying in the specific character of the dominant phantasies '; Most schools of psychoanalytic thought would now accept that ' Both in analysis and life, we perceive reality through a veil of unconscious fantasy '.

Most biologists would accept Daisyworld-style homeostasis as possible, but would not accept the idea that this equates to the whole biosphere acting as one organism.

Most geologists today accept that a combination of these phenomena can be used to explain granite intrusions, and that not all granites can be explained entirely by one or another mechanism.

Most scholars today accept that both Christian and Celtic traditions contributed to the legend's development, though many of the early Celtic-based arguments are largely discredited ( Loomis himself came to reject much of Weston and Nutt's work ).

Most intelligent design advocates accept that evolution occurs through mutation and natural selection at the " micro level ", such as changing the relative frequency of various beak lengths in finches, but assert that it cannot account for irreducible complexity, because none of the parts of an irreducible system would be functional or advantageous until the entire system is in place.

According to Ann E. Killebrew, " Most scholars today accept that the majority of the conquest narratives in the book of Joshua are devoid of historical reality ".

Most MUDs are run as hobbies and are free to players ; some may accept donations or allow players to purchase virtual items, while others charge a monthly subscription fee.

Most Muslims accept as a Muslim anyone who has publicly pronounced the Shahadah ( declaration of faith ) which states, " I testify that there is no god except for the God, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

Most of Meher Baba's followers accept his claim of avatarhood and he is said to be " revered by millions around the world as the Avatar of the age and a God realized being.

Most major religions accept the primacy of the rules of secular, democratic society but may still seek to influence political decisions or achieve specific privileges or influence through church-state agreements such as a concordat.

Most modern Smalltalk implementations accept either the underscore or the colon-equals syntax.

Most TVs currently sold in SECAM countries support both SECAM and PAL, and more recently composite video NTSC as well ( though not usually broadcast NTSC, that is, they cannot accept a broadcast signal from an antenna ).

Most accept variable amounts of credit to play with 1 to 15 credits per line being typical.

Most allow players to accept their winnings as credits, which may be " spent " on additional spins.

Most physicists accept wave-particle duality as the best explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena ; however, it is not without controversy.

Most cities have to accept the authority of the count but Marseille and Nice rebel.

Most modern historians accept the claim of the Muslim sources that after the revolt, the Jewish tribes became clients of the Aus and the Khazraj.

Most Lutherans accept the latter.

Most Orthodox Christians accept the First seven Ecumenical Councils.

On matters of race he was similarly inflexible: `` Most of the modern Latin races seem to have inherited the rigidity of the Roman mind ''.

Most of them had seen Our American Cousin before, and unless Miss Keene was on stage, there was not much to it.

Most of the fire was directed by Cotten against Dallas and Sen. Parkhouse.

Most Republicans agreed with Lincoln that the North was the aggrieved party, as the Slave Power tightened its grasp on the national government with the Dred Scott decision and the presidency of James Buchanan.

Most of Aristotle's work is probably not in its original form, since it was most likely edited by students and later lecturers.

In 1971 Agatha Christie was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Most of his cases happened during this period and he was at the height of his powers at this point in his life.

The other Rutherford films ( all directed by George Pollock ) were Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral ( In this film, she is identified as Miss JTV Marple, though there was no indication as to what the extra initials might stand for ); Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead ; and Murder Ahoy!

Most of the population lives in the western and northwestern parts of the country, where the two major cities, Yerevan and Gyumri ( which was called Aleksandropol ' during the tsarist period ), are located.

Most of Armenia's ethnic Azeri population was deported in 1988 – 1989 and remain refugees, largely in Azerbaijan.

Most of the Project's titles, especially the early work, share common traits ( likely influenced by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, on which Parsons was the audio engineer in 1973 ).

Most of the music was religious, but the purpose of communal singing was not primarily spiritual.

Most recently in 2011, the Charlemagne Award was conferred on Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank.

" Most ancient writers considered him a highly successful leader in guerrilla warfare, alert and quick, yet cautious — a man, moreover, whose personal bravery was rarely questioned in his own time.

Most modern knowledge of Aristotle was preserved and presented by Albertus.

Most North American speech is rhotic, as English was in most places in the 17th century.

Most seriously injured was a technician who suffered a fractured kneecap when the GSE cart overturned on him.

Most Protestant denominations deny the need of maintaining episcopal continuity with the early Church, holding that the role of the apostles was that, having been chosen directly by Jesus as witnesses of his resurrection, they were to be the " special instruments of the Holy Spirit in founding and building up the Church ".

-short for " The Collective Consciousness Society "-which had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most, including a version of Led Zeppelin's " Whole Lotta Love ", which was used as the theme for BBC's Top Of The Pops between 1971 and 1981.

Most of the Abbasid army was killed.

Most original Cuyp paintings were signed by him, and in the script manner in which his name was inscribed.

Most of the drugs in the second generation, known as atypical antipsychotics, have been developed more recently, although the first atypical antipsychotic, clozapine, was discovered in the 1950s and introduced clinically in the 1970s.

Most major powers repudiated Cold War assassination tactics, though many allege that this was merely a smokescreen for political benefit and that covert and illegal training of assassins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U. S., Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such operations.