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Ikrandraco - New Pterosaur!

Started by Scipionyx, September 13, 2014, 04:30:58 AM

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Scipionyx

September 13, 2014, 04:30:58 AM
http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/140911/srep06329/full/srep06329.html#introduction

http://www.livescience.com/47789-avatar-pterosaur-discovered.html

Interesting new discovery - but there is a lot more to pelican scoop-feeding than just having big throat pouches. They have expandable lower jaws, and also can't skim.

Painting by Heinrich Harder.

Dinoguy2

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September 13, 2014, 03:45:44 PM Last Edit: September 13, 2014, 03:47:25 PM by Dinoguy2
Yes, all the pterosaur experts on FB are calling baloney on this. The authors of this paper have apparently never seen a pelican and do not understand how they feed. They do not skim, but basically function like flying baleen whales with very bizarre jaw anatomy that goes with it. This pterosaur looks like your standard dip-and-grab feeder.

New pterosaur is cool though!
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September 13, 2014, 09:44:47 PM
who said Ikrans were not flying dragons !!!!! ;) ;) ;)
Authors with varying competence have suggested dinosaurs disappeared because of meteorites...God's will, raids by little green hunters in flying saucers, lack of standing room in Noah's Ark, and palaeoweltschmerz—Glenn Jepsen

DinoLord

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September 13, 2014, 09:49:33 PM
It's a cool little pterosaur, though I don't really see the dragon resemblance. The article's illustration is really lovely though.

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