In a message dated 11/7/98 10:31:41 PM EST, sarima@ix.netcom.com writes: << B) Pterosaurs can fly, basal maniraptorans most likely could not. Ergo, pterosaurs are more likely to die where they can end up in a lake than are the terrestrial mani's. >> Basal maniraptorans likely _could_ fly, just not as well or as far as pterosaurs.