Re: Killer Pterosaurs?

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

I'd say that if this is a fictional project, you should feel free to use 
whatever plotline you wish, in order to add to the drama.  However, I'd say 
it is a speculation that is unlikely to ever be testable.
All the best,
JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dinosaur World" <dinoworld@msn.com>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: Killer Pterosaurs?


> Hi everyone.
> I'm doing some advanced work for a video project and would like your 
> opinions on the following.
>
> If I proposed a theory that Pterosaurs were a carrier of, and had immunity 
> to, a disease that was fatal to dinosaurs, and this disease played a 
> partial role in the extinction of dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous.  Could 
> you please give me your opinions as to the plausibility of such an idea? 
> And if you find it implausible, could you please tell me why.
>
> I realize that fossilized evidence of disease is rare, and so there may 
> not be much evidence for support or nonsupport of such a theory, but I was 
> hoping you could give me your personal opinions on this.
>
> Thanks.
> George