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Re: Smallest flying vertebrate?



Chris Bennett wrote:
 
>As for Anurognathus, the specimen is small and cute and VERY immature.<
 
What is it about the specimen leads you to believe it's immature? I haven't read Doderlein's 1923 description of _Anurognathus ammoni_, but Wellnhofer's description of the specimen on pages 271-273 of "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs" (an odd name for a book that includes 170 pages on pterosaurs) doesn't mention anything that would suggest it was immature (BTW, there's a nice photo and drawing of the specimen on page 273 of that book). I have no opinion either way, but I am curious--particularly because of the emphasis you placed on it being >VERY< immature. 
 
PTN