http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/01/pterosaurs-were-born-to-fly/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/01/pterosaurs-were-born-to-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-3551 Tori Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:30:27 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=4749#comment-3551 How would that work? I think the evidence for pterosaurs being ditch parents makes a lot of sense, but you'd think that a croc in the same situation would be found with dozens of eggs because they lay the entire clutch at once. How would that work? I think the evidence for pterosaurs being ditch parents makes a lot of sense, but you’d think that a croc in the same situation would be found with dozens of eggs because they lay the entire clutch at once.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/01/pterosaurs-were-born-to-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-3550 Albertonykus Sat, 22 Jan 2011 03:50:29 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=4749#comment-3550 Probably wasn't actually laying the egg when it died, just that the egg was forced out of the body after death. I think the authors suggest that it laid many eggs when it was actually time to lay them. Probably wasn’t actually laying the egg when it died, just that the egg was forced out of the body after death. I think the authors suggest that it laid many eggs when it was actually time to lay them.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/01/pterosaurs-were-born-to-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-3549 Tori Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:56:31 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=4749#comment-3549 Has anyone commented yet on the fact there's only one egg? That's kind of a biological crapshoot in a lay-em-leave-em scenario. Has anyone commented yet on the fact there’s only one egg? That’s kind of a biological crapshoot in a lay-em-leave-em scenario.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/01/pterosaurs-were-born-to-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-3547 Tweets that mention Pterosaurs Were Born to Fly | Dinosaur Tracking -- Topsy.com Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:22:52 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=4749#comment-3547 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Brian Switek and Stacy Scott, JP - Research Lab. JP - Research Lab said: Pterosaurs Were Born to Fly: The Darwinopterus specimen M8802 (left), showing a close-up of the pelvis and egg ... http://bit.ly/fOy1QV [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Brian Switek and Stacy Scott, JP – Research Lab. JP – Research Lab said: Pterosaurs Were Born to Fly: The Darwinopterus specimen M8802 (left), showing a close-up of the pelvis and egg … http://bit.ly/fOy1QV [...]

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