Comments on: Darwinopterus, the New Flying Reptile http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: photojack53 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869484 photojack53 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:59:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869484 When I first heard that Darwinopterus probably fed on small, feathered dinosaurs, it made me wonder if the selection pressure on them led to their ultimate development of flight as an escape strategy? These interactions are what drives evolution! This is probable fodder for a Doctoral thesis. When I first heard that Darwinopterus probably fed on small, feathered dinosaurs, it made me wonder if the selection pressure on them led to their ultimate development of flight as an escape strategy? These interactions are what drives evolution! This is probable fodder for a Doctoral thesis.

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869326 Christophe Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:58:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869326 Dinosaur, pterosaur, whatEver! I bet cavemen said they all tasted good with bacon. (waiting for timeline warp comments ;) Dinosaur, pterosaur, whatEver! I bet cavemen said they all tasted good with bacon.

(waiting for timeline warp comments ;)

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869228 Miss Cellania Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:56:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869228 Using the word "dinosaur" was my mistake; I just wasn't thinking. I'll change the title of the post. Using the word “dinosaur” was my mistake; I just wasn’t thinking. I’ll change the title of the post.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869167 Brandon Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:46:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869167 @Minnesotastan Plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs are not in any sense archosaurs or dinosaurs. Although you are right in pointing out that birds are dinosaurs, and dinosaurs are therefore not extinct, this in no way means pterosaurs are dinosaurs. @Minnesotastan

Plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs are not in any sense archosaurs or dinosaurs.

Although you are right in pointing out that birds are dinosaurs, and dinosaurs are therefore not extinct, this in no way means pterosaurs are dinosaurs.

]]> By: Minnesotastan http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869163 Minnesotastan Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:37:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869163 Wayne, if one insists on such taxonomic precision, then one has to refer to birds as dinosaurs ("Using the strict cladistical definition that all descendants of a single common ancestor must be included in a group for that group to be natural, birds would thus be dinosaurs and dinosaurs are, therefore, not extinct.") Plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and other aquatic contemporaries also fail your definition of dinosaur. Sometimes precision becomes too pedantic for the public. Wayne, if one insists on such taxonomic precision, then one has to refer to birds as dinosaurs (“Using the strict cladistical definition that all descendants of a single common ancestor must be included in a group for that group to be natural, birds would thus be dinosaurs and dinosaurs are, therefore, not extinct.”)

Plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and other aquatic contemporaries also fail your definition of dinosaur. Sometimes precision becomes too pedantic for the public.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869162 Brandon Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:35:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869162 As Wayne above said, Pterosaurs are NOT dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are in fact a sister group of crocodilians and dinosaurs (including birds) in the archosaur clade. As Wayne above said,

Pterosaurs are NOT dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are in fact a sister group of crocodilians and dinosaurs (including birds) in the archosaur clade.

]]> By: Wayne http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869149 Wayne Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:32:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869149 When will the news media understand that pterosaurs were NOT dinosaurs. They were not even closely related. It makes one wonder how many other published facts are totally wrong. When will the news media understand that pterosaurs were NOT dinosaurs. They were not even closely related. It makes one wonder how many other published facts are totally wrong.

]]> By: Hilarious http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869124 Hilarious Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:48:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869124 Rapid evolution eh, interesting... Rapid evolution eh, interesting…

]]> By: Minnesotastan http://www.neatorama.com/2009/10/14/darwinopterus-the-new-flying-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-1869078 Minnesotastan Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:04:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26880#comment-1869078 Another curious juxtaposition. I didn't know your diving pterosaur was there when I posted the diving horse. :.) Another curious juxtaposition. I didn’t know your diving pterosaur was there when I posted the diving horse. :.)

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