RE: Tanystropheus egg question

[Brad McFeeters <archosauromorph2@hotmail.com>]

> From: david peters <davidrpeters@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: david peters <davidrpeters@earthlink.net>
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Tanystropheus egg question
> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:52:02 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
>
> IF pterosaurs hatched from eggs,
> THEN would tanystropheids also hatch from eggs?
> and if so,
> how would that work out â?? with a _stiff_ neck on the smallest known 
> specimens already twice the torso in length?
>
> Then apply the same parameters to Quetzalcoatlus.
>
> Just a conversation starter...
>
> David Peters
> St. Louis

I'm not very familiar with these animals, unfortunately.  Are the smallest 
known *Tanystropheus* about the size that would be expected for hatchlings?

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