Re: Poling marks

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> > In summer of 2004 I spent over 3 weeks in Crayssac. The hand prints are
> > deeper than the foot prints.
>
> I don't argue that. I argue that, as in using a cane, the wide
> snowshow feet don't sink as deep as the narrow cane-like
> fingers due to the area they cover.

OK -- but this doesn't change anything: in deeper layers we expect 
undertracks to consist only of hand prints because the hand prints are 
deeper.

> > > And funny that the cracks form
> > > identical phylogenetic patterns. That's unreasonable.
> >
> > Identical to what?
>
> Identical to each other. With an extension of the jugal and nasal
> running to the premaxilla.

Most pterosaur snouts have the same general shape and architecture, so they 
are expected to behave the same under sediment pressure; naturally those of 
closely related pterosaurs should be more similar than those of distantly 
related ones.

> Once the torso is out of the water,

It would float more or less on top of the water, rather than the shoulders 
being submerged.