Re: Azhdarchid palaeoecology

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

Just adding to Dr. Unwin's post. The direct link to
the paper can be found here:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002271

Jason

--- "Unwin, Dr D.M." <dmu1@leicester.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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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