Re: What the fossil record tells us about trends in pterosaur diversity

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> So, I am working on several papers dedicated to taphonomic biases.
> It is good to know that the nearly complete, articulated skeleton with 
> parts of the patagium that I have under the binocular microscope is just a 
> taphonomic bias.

The distribution of nearly complete articulated skeletons with parts of the 
patagia in time and space _is_ the result of taphonomic bias and not much 
else, and so is even the distribution of pterosaur remains in general, to 
the point that it is impossible to read any trends in pterosaur diversity 
from the fossil record.

I don't see what your point is.