Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors?

Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have been poor. This is commonly justified by the absence of a non-pterodactyloid footprint record, suggestions that th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witton, Mark P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476129/