Re: Tanystropheus egg question

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

david peters wrote:
> 
> 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.

The same thing applies to dromaeosaur tails. I suspect stiffening of
necks/tails may have occured after hatching - which would suggest
parental care was required early on (rather than the "lay 'em and leave
'em" approach).

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