Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors?

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948 days ago
RT @WryCritic: Standing postures (source: https://t.co/LecuylJ6wE) https://t.co/bqxkLZIIQl
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948 days ago
RT @WryCritic: Standing postures (source: https://t.co/LecuylJ6wE) https://t.co/bqxkLZIIQl
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RT @WryCritic: Standing postures (source: https://t.co/LecuylJ6wE) https://t.co/bqxkLZIIQl
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Standing postures (source: https://t.co/LecuylJ6wE) https://t.co/bqxkLZIIQl
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1326 days ago
@MarkWitton Profuse apologies! I'll try to avoid that in the future! I presume this is the article you're referring to? https://t.co/reeBOi9ERB
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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Gif in last image uses Dimorphodon image modified from Witton 2015 https://t.co/75JeoWePto
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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2185 days ago
RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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2185 days ago
RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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RT @MarkWitton: ...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishnes…
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RT @MarkWitton: Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view…
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2186 days ago
...while others showed evidence of having sprawled forelimbs, but that sprawling, in itself, does not equate to sluggishness. Of course, without tracks, these ideas were hard to verify. My paper is open access, and can be found here: https://t.co/3ffCxqrSiJ https://t.co/cqDBkPBp65
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2186 days ago
Without tracks to guide us, the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids have been controversial. A prevailing view is that they were sluggish sprawlers, but others saw them as bird-like bipeds. (Summary image from my 2015 review of these ideas: https://t.co/3ffCxqrSiJ) https://t.co/7ShD3bxEro
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