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From: "James R. Cunningham" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: Quetzalcoatlus>
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<John Sibbick's drawings of Q species in the June 2001 issue of National Geographic are the most current that have been published for Qsp, but the hind limbs are not in cruise flight position, and in the vicinity of the elbow, the trailing edge of the wing should be further forward, about 40-50% of the length of the humerus behind the elbow.> Sorry to revisit an old thread, but I just got my
hands on a copy of this article and have a few questions. Firstly, (and I assume
the above post refers to the anatomical drawing on p. 94), what would constitute
'cruise flight position' for the hind legs? Are there any other pterosaur
drawings in the article/on the web that exhibit this posture? Also,
does the trailing edge comment imply that the wing attaches high on the leg
rather than below the knee as shown, or should there simply be more curvature in
the trailing edge?
Also, I recently saw a German language article
(can't seem to find the link) on _Pterodactylus_, which had
a reconstruction of _P.kochi_ in the accepted quadrupedal stance,
but with it's hands oriented in an outward/backward pointing position. How
accurate is this? Thanks for any info you can provide!
--Matt Martyniuk
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