Re: Fish eaters

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Ever wonder how a toothed pterosaur got the fish off its teeth? [...]
> Either from opening its
> mouth, pushing off with its tongue or with help of its 3 wing fingers. The
> toothless pterosaurs may have been just better predators and didn't have
to
> worry about this little problem.

On the other hand, they IMHO had the disadvantage that the fish got off by
themselves too easily, which may explain why there weren't any known
toothless pterosaurs before the Cretaceous.

> I also don't think pterosaurs ever went
> into a tree.

I agree. Except maybe tiny babies (there's a "*Pterodactylus micronyx*" in
the museum here that fits in the palm of my hand).

> IMHOP pterosaurs were ground up flyers and theropods were trees
> down.

This is an interesting combination.
Well, apparently both dinosaurs and pterosaurs started from small, bipedal
runners -- "lagosuchians" and *Cosesaurus*, respectively, so I'd expect both
to be ground-up. Or at least not trees-down. Well, I'll stay with FUCHSIA,
at least for theropods.

> I also wonder how they landed. Like an Albatross?

However bats land on the ground :-)