Re: new papers in Acta Geologica Sinica: Ningchengopterus

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

> 1. spend more time delineating the skull and other elements, rather  than 
> calling it quits after simply broadly outlining of the resulting 
> roadkill.

I haven't seen the paper, but usually specimens from such laminated rocks 
are not merely roadkills. They are roadkills that have been split down the 
middle! Through the bones in many cases! This means the bone surfaces are 
still stuck in the matrix, facing away from you, and that makes even the 
sutures difficult to trace.