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rhamphorhynchids

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  • noun Plural form of rhamphorhynchid.

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  • In other words, they didn’t provide any supporting evidence at all, but merely elected to follow conclusions made for other, morphologically different pterosaur taxa (and, by the way, the concept of skim-feeding in rhamphorhynchids and those other pterosaurs isn’t necessarily any more secure than it is for azhdarchids).

    Archive 2006-04-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Look, here's a quote from Witton and Naish 2008: "...evidence from anurognathids, campylognathoidids, rhamphorhynchids, ctenochasmatoids and non-azhdarchid azhdarchoids [86]–[91] indicates that ankle-attached wing configurations are more accurate."

    Life's Time Capsule: Dr. Mark Witton weighs in on Pterosaur wings Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009

  • Look, here's a quote from Witton and Naish 2008: "...evidence from anurognathids, campylognathoidids, rhamphorhynchids, ctenochasmatoids and non-azhdarchid azhdarchoids [86]–[91] indicates that ankle-attached wing configurations are more accurate."

    Archive 2009-06-01 Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009

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