re: Ptero embryo, PS

[Jeff Hecht <jeff@jeffhecht.com>]

Which is why Wang and Xhou think it's a larger critter, and why the 
alternative is a soft-shelled egg which could bend to get through the 
pelvis.

--Best, Jeff

At 7:28 AM -0700 6/10/04, david peters wrote:
> PS
>
> Just checked the minimum egg diameter (41mm) with the pelvis of Haopterus.
>
> The egg is twice as deep as the pelvic opening.
>
> Like Robert Shaw said back in 1976, "We're going to need a bigger boat."
>
> :  )
>
> More later,
>
> DP
> StL


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