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When pterosaurs ate dragonflies



Hey folks,

I've been meaning to get around to doing this for a while: does anyone
out there know anything about the Solnhofen dragonfly that's alledgedly
had a bite taken out of its wings by a pterosaur? Ultra-keen fans of
fossilised pterosaur trophic interactions can find a picture at:

http://www.pterosaurier.de/libelle_mit_pterosaurierbiss_01_o.jpg

I believe it was described in Archaeopteryx and may have had something
to do with Helmut Tischlinger, but I'm otherwise pretty clueless - like,
more than normal. Does anyone know anything else about this specimen,
have a reference for the paper or, even better, have a convinient pdf to
hand?

Any help would be most appreciated. 

Mark

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Mark Witton

Palaeobiology Research Group
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Portsmouth
Burnaby Building
Burnaby Road
Portsmouth
PO1 3QL

Tel: (44)2392 842418
E-mail: Mark.Witton@port.ac.uk