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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... Nyctosaurus seems to have none at all . Presumably , many of these pterodac tyloids only climbed when they really had to , and were not necessarily par- ticularly good at it , while Nyctosaurus , at least , gave up climbing altogether ...
... Nyctosaurus gracilis Nyctosaurus lamegoi New Mexican nyctosaurid Ctenochasmatoidea Basal ctenochasmatoids Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis Cycnorhamphus suevicus Pterodactylus antiquus Pterodactylus kochi ' Pterodactylus ' micronyx ...
... ( Nyctosaurus ) , loss of the final bone of the wing - finger ( in at least one anurognathid and Nyctosaurus ) , reduction of the fibula ( many different groups ) and loss of the fifth toe in the foot ( most pterodactyloids ) . 3. One ...