combines replies and *long* on Quetzalcoatlus

olivierfouquet2000 olivierfouquet2000 at yahoo.fr
Sun Feb 15 13:04:28 UTC 2004


> Quetzalcoatlus northrupi and other pterosaurs are reptiles, not birds
> (and not dinosaurs, but I can't remember why). 
> 

As far as I kow it is a question of definition: dinosaurs are terrestrial animals, so "flying 
archosaurs" and "swimming archosaurs" can't be dinosaurs.

Olivier





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