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Re: Sharovipteryx
In a message dated 5/24/2000 4:26:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
larryf@capital.net writes:
> And,...if they are at all related, dosen`t this
> suggest that early pterosaurs (at least) may have also been bipeds???
They would have to have been rather odd and unbirdlike bipeds, since a
(relatively) new specimen of _Dimorphodon_ demonstrated that its toes could
not hyperextend, making the animal an obligate plantigrade.
Nick P.