RE: pterosaur nostrils

["Daniel Bensen" <dbensen@gotnet.net>]

>>Normally I would agree that the nostrils should be well forward in the bony 
nares.<<
Oh nuts---most of the other stuff I've been hearing puts the fleshy nostrils 
toward the back of the nares (near the eyes, that is).  Although I may have 
misunderstood HP Holtz.

>>But in the birds with really big bony nares most like those of 
pterosaurs, cranes, the nostrils are set pretty much in the middle<<
Azhdarchids? (I realize nostrils probably varied among pterosaurs, so I should 
clarify that I am wondering about azhdarchids, specificially)

>>And you 
can see right through them from side to side. Pretty cool. 
<<
That _is_ cool, and it always strikes me as weird when I see a close up of a 
crane or vulture head.  Might non-avian dinosaurs have had similar nostrils?

Dan