Azhdarchid palaeoecology

["Unwin, Dr D.M." <dmu1@leicester.ac.uk>]

Mornin' All

Mark Witton and Darren Naish have just published an excellent review of 
azhdarchid palaeoecology in PLoS One (www.plosone.org/home.action), coming down 
very firmly in favour of the ideas that they were stork-like generalists that 
fed on the ground. They also favour a mass of 250 kg for Quetzalcoatlus 
northropi, more details of which should appear in the Zitteliana volume on 
pterosaurs due out at the end of this year. If you can't wait that long there 
are at least five substantial papers on pterosaurs to look forward to over the 
next few months - I'll keep you posted.

Cheers,

Dave

PS. Just back from a very exciting visit to a new Cambridge Greensand locality. 
Lots of vertebrates, but no pterosaurs yet...

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