Re: NEW DIMORPHODON

[rjmeyer@ix.netcom.com (Rob Meyerson)]

Darren Naish writes;

>The pterosaur not only proves that dimorphodontids were plantigrade, 
>it is a new species  - _Dimorphodon weintraubi_. It differs from _D. 
>macronyx_ in having a first wing phalanx that is not 
>significantly shorter than the ulna, and in being bigger. It is in 
>fact the biggest non-pterodactyloid pterosaur thus far reported. _D. 
>weintraubi_ (named after Dr. Robert L. Weintraub) is surely the same 
>as the large dimorphodontid previously reported by Clark et al. at 
>the 1997 SVP meeting.

Has there been any advances in the bipedal/quadrepedal debate for this genus, 
or was that one settled while I wasn't looking?


Shalom,

Rob Meyerson

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