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re: Smart-winged pterosaurs



In Nature, David Unwin wrote:
"whereas pterosaurs inherited their [brain]s from relatively small-brained 
archosaurs [then cited Bennett, S. C. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 118, 261-308 (1996)"

Last I heard (Darren's notes from SVPCA a few years back) David Unwin was 
championing Sharovipteryx as a possible pterosaur ancestor. Has that gone by 
the way side? And if so, why?

David Peters
St. Louis


Nature 425, 910 - 911 (30 October 2003); doi:10.1038/425910b