Re: Floating pterosaurs

["jrc" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

Preliminary calculations indicate that pterosaurs could have taken off from 
fresh water without significant difficulty, at least up the midrange sizes 
(5 to 7 meters span).  Larger ones may have been able to do so as well --  
haven't looked at them yet.  Taking off from salt water would be easier.
JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dann Pigdon" <dannj@alphalink.com.au>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: Floating pterosaurs


> might also have been possible for pterosaurs to have taken off wet, since
> they used skin membranes instead of feathers. Then again, modern bats 
> don't do well when they
> fall into water.