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Re: pterosaur femora sprawl

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: pterosaur femora sprawl
From: Nick Gardner <nick.gardner@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:18:30 -0400
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On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:19 AM, David Peters wrote:
>
> Why do you take the odd conviction that quad gaits were basal for the group 
> when the best candidates for pterosaur outgroups were bipedal (Sharovipteryx, 
> basal dinosaurs, Scleromochlus)? That's an irony that you quad guys are 
> overlooking.
>
Except we don't really know whether basal dinosauromorphs were
quadrupedal or not.

Nick

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- Re: pterosaur femora sprawl
  - From: David Peters <davidpeters@att.net>

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