Re: Wilkinson's pterosaur wings

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

I look forward to reading this.  Anybody got a PDF?
I note in passing, that the wing membrane is viscoelastic rather than 
elastic.
JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Unwin, Dr D.M." <dmu1@leicester.ac.uk>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:44 AM
Subject: Wilkinson's pterosaur wings


> Dear All,
>
> I just happened upon Matt Wilkinson's latest paper in the Journal of 
> Evolutionary Biology (details below).
> Have not had time to read it in detail (pedagogical duties), but it seems 
> to be an excellent piece of work
> and the clearest exposition of the basic mechanics of pterosaur wings 
> published so far.
>
> Incidentally, Matt and colleagues (including myself) are busy with yet 
> another paper on the pterosaur forewing and will be presenting on this at 
> the 55th Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, to 
> be held this year in Glasgow between Monday 27 August and Saturday 1st 
> September. (See www.svpca.org for more details).