Physics meets paleontology: The hotly debated mechanics of pterosaur flight
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Enlarge (credit: Julius Csotonyi) A group of researchers has recently made an astounding discovery. Using an…
Enlarge (credit: Julius Csotonyi) A group of researchers has recently made an astounding discovery. Using an…
Серия начинается на лесоповале.
Ранее считалось, что этот птерозавр был способен к длительным перелетам
A huge discovery in every way.
Everything about it is odd.
Птерозавр размером с истребитель — как выглядел и летал кетцалькоатль
По размерам он был сравним с крупнейшими птерозаврами, размах крыльев которых составлял 10-11 метров
Happy #PterosaurPtuesday Which pterosaur was the largest, and the largest vertebrate to ever fly? Quetzalcoatlus northropi!
Plants and…
Plants and…
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Well, almost everyone of course, but that hasn’t stopped some people claiming that they couldn’t. Or at least that some of the…