Re: New evidence of pterosaur hair and other news

[christian farrell kammerer <cfkammer@midway.uchicago.edu>]

Schmidt wrote:
<<*comes out of his normal routine of lurking* This is wonderful!  Finally a
giant pterosaur with good skull material!  Any idea when will it be
described and named? *goes back to lurking*>>

Not to be a downer or anything, but I wouldn't get your hopes up about
good skull material. Although admittedly, I know nothing of this specimen,
Romanian fossils (especially of delicate-boned creatures like pterosaurs
and many theropods) aren't exactly known for their completeness. (When was
the last time you heard of any good Bradycneme skull material?) Besides, 
one could make the conclusion "very robustly built skull" with little
more than a few beak fragments and a frontal. Of course, I hope I'm wrong,
and this find has a beatuifully-preserved, near-complete skull, but like I
said, I wouldn't get too excited about the prospect until the paper comes
out.

-Christian Kammerer