Re: Parapsicephalus post-crania

["Nick Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

Chris Bennett wrote:
> Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't Parapsicephalus one of those that the
> cladistically incorrect refer to as rhamphorhynchoids?  How can 
> Wellnhofer's
> #9 Pterodactylus kochi be a rhamphorhynchoid?

Forgive me for stepping out of my fortee like this, I know little about 
pterosaurs, but aren't almost all of the "rhamphorhynchoid"-grade characters 
postcranial? And if _Parapsicephalus_ lacks postcrania currently, why 
couldn't Wellnhofer's #9 "Pterodactylus kochi" be the postcrania provided 
they have the same skull...


nick gardner
 = paleoartist
 = paleogeek

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