Pterosaur Ancestry (was RE[2]: dinosaur flatware)

[pharrinj@PLU.edu]

On Wed, 10 Jan 1996, Tracy Ford wrote:

> You wrote: 

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> You should have been at the one day symposium (ok colloquial, sorry for 
> spelling it wrong) at the last SVP, everyone there, from Bennet to Unwin 
> all agreed that pterosaurs are no where near dinosaurs.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> PS. Ok, so I just invited to sit in because I gave a couple of them a 
> ride to the musuem.

What does everyone think pterosaurs ARE, then?  What other archosaur 
group shares a mesotarsal ankle, reduced fifth toe, and offset femoral 
head?  Isn't _Lagosuchus_ considered close to pterosaur ancestry anymore?

Don't tell me the eosuchian people have won!  AAAAAAAGH!

     Curiously yours,

     Nick Pharris
     pharrinj@plu.edu