RT @ThePhilosorapt4: @BeyondOur_W0rld @DreamLeaf5 Bearing in mind that a 200-250kg giant azhdarchid is about the same weight as a male tige…
RT @PeteMRCooper: One of the things I love about Twitter is a scientifically sound discussion about whether a human could rugby tackle the…
RT @PeteMRCooper: One of the things I love about Twitter is a scientifically sound discussion about whether a human could rugby tackle the…
RT @PeteMRCooper: One of the things I love about Twitter is a scientifically sound discussion about whether a human could rugby tackle the…
RT @PeteMRCooper: One of the things I love about Twitter is a scientifically sound discussion about whether a human could rugby tackle the…
One of the things I love about Twitter is a scientifically sound discussion about whether a human could rugby tackle the largest flying animal that ever lived.
RT @ThePhilosorapt4: @BeyondOur_W0rld @DreamLeaf5 Bearing in mind that a 200-250kg giant azhdarchid is about the same weight as a male tige…
@BeyondOur_W0rld @DreamLeaf5 Bearing in mind that a 200-250kg giant azhdarchid is about the same weight as a male tiger, so maybe hold back on the "tackling one to the ground with minimal pretraining" claims https://t.co/OW9cZ5NpTZ https://t.co/QsmMWZL7q8
@DavidVio2 @zim2918 @gunsnrosesgirl3 You do realize that you have only been showing arguments from incredulity this whole time. Do you actually know how paleontologists estimate sizes. Did you hear of a GDI before now. How versed are you on Ornithodiran an
@WondersNorbit @Godfly__ @IdeaHubTW @MarkWitton And here's a 2010 paper on this by Witton & Habib.. https://t.co/XU7f5aOe23 We have repeatedly checked #azhdarchids for 'flightless features' and do hypothesize that a flightless form will show up. But so
@mundens @HumanForScale_ https://t.co/HTcMMQzXjB Too bad it did.
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
RT @thepaintpaddock: This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered…
This claim is dubious based on additional research: https://t.co/uQcZ0mV4zr Azhdarchids were likely capable of powered flight.
@Uosipaw This is my personal favorite, showing how giant pterosaurs could take off and fly easily while weighing well over 500 lbs by launching themselves with their front legs https://t.co/zFM8VsZd1K
@ChrisMasnaOk @ginkgogoes Regarding soaring in larger cretaceous pterosaurs: https://t.co/gnsJ1b78EM https://t.co/5GbHwPMXRx And papers for diving/aquatic lifestyles (although maybe not to same specialised degree as gannets): https://t.co/93WYqoN4AP https
@Shadi_Shin_09 Yes. Check out Witton & Habib (2010) ... https://t.co/XU7f5aOe23
RT @TetZoo: The giant size of (some!) #azhdarchids has inevitably led to suggestions that they were flightless. But this is not consistent…
RT @TetZoo: The giant size of (some!) #azhdarchids has inevitably led to suggestions that they were flightless. But this is not consistent…
RT @TetZoo: The giant size of (some!) #azhdarchids has inevitably led to suggestions that they were flightless. But this is not consistent…
The giant size of (some!) #azhdarchids has inevitably led to suggestions that they were flightless. But this is not consistent with numerous flight adaptations seen across their skeletons. @MarkWitton & @aeroevo explained this in a 2010 @PLOSONE paper:
@01000011S amazingly, they could https://t.co/U4K1HGoG7U
@LikesPterosaurs It's by @MarkWitton and was used in publicity for the Witton & Habib 2010 paper on pterosaur flight abilities (https://t.co/XU7f5aOe23).
@JURASSIK_cedrik En recherchant des informations sur le(s) modèle(s) de vol des #ptérosaures, je suis tombé sur cette intéressante étude: « On the Size & Flight Diversity of Giant Pterosaurs, the Use of Birds as Pterosaur Analogues & Comments on Pt
@alan_poirier We can't be sure they actually flew. But they probably could physiologically do it, the question has been extensively studied (e.g. : https://t.co/abOERMrNOl)
@CHSommers Yes! That's Quetzalcoatlus northropi, one of the largest animals ever to fly. At its biggest, it had a 30-foot wingspan or so and weighed 550 lbs, if not more. https://t.co/ymp1Ce1p2y It probably spent much of its time stalking prey on land, li
@HenlakeBats @CrytzerFry https://t.co/MFLKFmq9le page 159. https://t.co/X29z0JHRxF You can also ask Mark Witton here on Twitter, or look up old articles about it on TetZoo - there's been a few.
My first question with Isla Nubla being 120 miles off the coast of Costa Rica was WHY DIDNT THE PTEROSAURS JUST LEAVE?! Because at least -some- Pterosaurs could have flown hundreds of miles without stopping!#JurassicWorldFallenKingdom https://t.co/Ki3yWGM
Ok it might not be the most accurate impression but a 10m+ wingspan… good grief. That’s one for the nightmare banks! https://t.co/m1qtaTlRdM https://t.co/261rMvTBdv https://t.co/nLQYhdSdM9
@fu_fupapachon @SamuelSMF @becarioenhoth @honeystarla Los pterosaurios no tenían plumas, de momento sólo las tienen los dinosaurios (aves y no aves) y los pterosaurios son el grupo hermano. Tenían unos filamentos llamados picnofibras y desconocemos si todo
@Peter_Pinetree @aeroevo Yep. Check it out here: https://t.co/dVFhW69bPn
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
RT @TetZoo: @Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods a…
@Supernova_Style @DinosInTheWild @witton @aeroevo Their paper is open-access #OA and available here, it discusses the methods and results: https://t.co/wQqxKntSey
@hammerheadbat Some pterosaurs have been estimated to weigh even more, and could probably still fly https://t.co/gaBPGJzK6y
@matthewcobb @JohnRHutchinson Pterosaur flight style/wing architecture/launch kinematics. Some answers: http://t.co/wQqxKntSey cc @aeroevo
@matthewcobb Check out details from @MarkWitton & @aeroevo in this #PLOSONE paper: http://t.co/xpjMkKDTi4 (ps biggest pterosaurs = no teeth)
Remote guest speaker on next Monday's class is Michael Habib, expert on the flight mechanics of giant pterosaur http://t.co/qzMZ5se9
Remote guest speaker on next Monday's class is Michael Habib, expert on the flight mechanics of giant pterosaur http://t.co/qzMZ5se9