Pterosaurs: From Deep TimeAn epic, ambitious and page-turning mystery that will appeal to fans of The Shadow of the Wind, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and The Time Traveller's Wife London, 1896. Andrew Harrington is young, wealthy and heartbroken. His lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty rails against the position of women in Victorian society. Forever being matched with men her family consider suitable, she yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she choses. But hidden in the attic of popular author - and noted scientific speculator - H.G. Wells is a machine that will change everything. As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem - to escape it, to change it, might offer them the hope they need... |
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... legs alone , skipping along on the tips of their toes as living ornithodirans - which we call birds - do today . This arrangement— which is quite different from that found in reptiles , where the legs sprawl out sideways as , for ...
... legs connected to the wings ( as in bats ) , or were they completely separate so that the attach- ment of the flight membranes was restricted to just the forelimbs and body ? The answer to this question is perhaps the most important key ...
From Deep Time David Unwin. Four Legs Good , Two Legs Bad ? ptero- The picture - postcard two- dimensionality of most pterosaur fossils is the main reason it has taken saurologists more than 200 years to work out how these animals walked ...