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Another Pterosaur In The News


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Interesting...

Fossils are simply one of the coolest things on earth--discovering them is just marvelous! Makes you all giddy inside!

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great fossil and story, thanks :)

"Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus

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Plus, he says, reptiles lay dozens of eggs at a time.

Pterosaurs were very specialised, why couldn't their breeding habits reflect this? Surely the need to maintain a light body structure would impact on the animals ability to carry dozens of eggs at a time? I can't help thinking that peterosaurs migth sacrifice egg numbers per clutch to maintain flight ability. Not all birds lay dozens of eggs at a time and they are supposed to be descended from reptiles!

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