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Re: Spinosaurs ate pterosaurs



Has there been any mention of what family or species this 'pained-in-the-neck' pterosaur belonged to? This, along with what would put it in the vicinity of ground [or water] dwelling spinosaurs seems a much better way to investigate this - I can't imagine spinosaurs jumped hundreds of feet into the air to prey on bony small pterosaurs. For all we know, two pterosaurs could've had an air-born fight injuring the wing of one which, subsequently, fell to the water/ground. Come to think about, given that this fossil vertebrae was not digested would lean more towards pterosaurs DID NOT occur on a spinosaurs' menu. Perhaps on this chance encounter for whatever reason, the spinosaur took a bite, then decided it didn't like what it tasted, and left it to sink to the bottom of the body of water in which it was found to be fossilized. . .(breath)