Oh, thanks, whoever you are. ... From: "kreekygirl000" <kreekygirl000@...> To: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@...> Sent: Wednesday, October 01,...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Oct 1, 2008 10:34 am
20203
... Duh! I forgot to check older posts all the way to the beginning. Sometimes my ADD gets the best of me and I jump to conclusions too quickly. Anyway, they...
... Zimmerman" <Spunkmeyer7654321@...> wrote: For the record, I'm the mystery lurker, accidently logged on a relative's e-mail address. ... pokemurids ... Uhm,...
... Some further thoughts....pokemurids and felimurids could have eurasian origins while macropokemurids could have arisen either in eastern asia, died out...
... Its not like there were a lot of other pterosaurs 65 million years ago... But, in any case, is the Gigantala still an extinct specie, was thrown away, or...
... Truth be told, we have not done much discussion has been done on this subject except for some spinning on flightless, cursorial azdharchid predators in...
... thrown ... Is it likely azdharchids could had given rise to other forms? Sure that current bird diversification would prevent a lot of flying reptile ...
... Well, actually, I always wanted to have anurognathids in Spec (their fossil record is bad enough that we could get away with that), and Dan said at that ...
David Marjanovic
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Oct 4, 2008 11:03 am
20212
... Well, Mark has already told me he'll be sending along his own essays and art on Aussie flightless pterosaurs (he was serious enough he wanted links to the...
... (their fossil ... said at that ... illustrated page. ... Maastrichtian ... flying, ... What about the Bakonydraco? It was small (by azdarchid standards), ...
... Was it adult? ... By what evidence? (I haven't seen the paper.)...
David Marjanovic
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Oct 4, 2008 3:52 pm
20216
... I'm all for bringing these back, though this does throw the egg-laying specbats into question. Unless anurognathids are strictly diurnal, and specbats...
... Well, anurognathids are crepuscular and have huge eyes, while specbats can afford to be like bats in having echolocation for hunting in complete ...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Oct 4, 2008 4:22 pm
20219
... laying ... specbats can ... still. ... Or maybe anurognathids could occupy the insectivore/parasitic niches, while specbats could be more omnivorous?...
... I used to think they were like goatsuckers. But they aren't -- they have wing proportions more like bats, even to the point of having only three phalanges...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Oct 4, 2008 7:55 pm
20224
... Reading through this, I'm a bit confused: I thought anurognathids only extended into the early Cretaceous? Or is Spec taking some literary license with...
... egg- ... diurnal, ... complete ... but ... niches, ... only ... I knew you would join as soon as you saw my post :) Well, since Xenornithes aren't really...
... I assumed that would be the case. I've always been a guy in the audience not making many contributions, but I may just start giving some input here (seeing...
... Anurognathids are only known from the sites with the very best fossilization: the Kara(bas?)tau Formation (Late Jurassic), the plated limestone of...
David Marjanovic
david.marjanovic@...
Oct 4, 2008 8:45 pm
20228
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... (Late ... all known ... site known ... River ... or the ... a cause ... Jurassic, ... all the ... Thanks for clearing that up. I'm not too well versed in...
... Apparently the carpos were originally supposed to be arboral oviraptorosaurs. When David came on the scene, he pointed out why this was incredibly...