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Re: Coelurosauravus: glider? or bluffer?

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Subject: Re: Coelurosauravus: glider? or bluffer?
From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:27:02 -0600
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David Peters wrote:

Only Coelurosauravus uses spars/rods that are dermal in origin to supposedly support itself in the air.

I'm not sure why you would claim that dermal structures are too weak to support a gliding membrane. Aren't rhino horns of dermal origin? Porcupine quills?

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