Re: Concerning Longisquama

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Alain Beneteau wrote:

<Could someone tell me if the way I've sketched Longisquama's long things is 
something plausible? 

http://www.paleospot.com/croquis/longisquama1.jpg>

  Alain, it's almost certainly difficult to determine, although none of the 
elements have been found paired. In the posterior section, were these elements 
flattened mediolaterally, they would have paired up, with only the anterior 
"fronds" being singular. Instead, these may just be midline structures.
 
  Cheers,

Jaime A. Headden

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)