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re: FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE . . . PTEROSAURS HAVE LIFT OFF!

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Subject: re: FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE . . . PTEROSAURS HAVE LIFT OFF!
From: David Peters <davidpeters@att.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:14:55 -0600
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I'll look forward to reading the paper, but one thing stuck out in the description:

"Assumption and convention — rather than reason or data — held sway for centuries, ever since the classical bipedal model of pterosaur take-off was first championed, he notes."

Who, besides Padian (1983a, b) and myself, have championed the bipedal model? I thought everyone else considered quad the way to go.

David Peters
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