Re: DINOSAUR ARGUMENT: THE RESOLVE

[jpoling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Poling)]

>This suggests that the only way for a dinosaur to be an ancestor of a
>pterosaur would be:
>1. An archiosaur is found and declared to be a dinosaur despite its
>semi-spralling gait.
>Or:
>2. Pterosaurs reverted back to a semi-upright stance (something which I
>think unlikely since walking upright would give them a clear advantage
>during take-off).

   Hmmm....wouldn't sprawled or semi-sprawled posture be better for wrappin'
legs 'round trees or clinging to cliffs?

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