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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... Rhamphorhynchus , it was not only assumed that they were more closely re- lated to each other than to any other pterosaur , but that Rhamphorhynchus was directly descended from Dorygnathus.11 Modern phylogenetic systematics ( which we ...
... Rhamphorhynchus , where the tail was almost twice the length of the rest of the backbone ( Figure 6.2 ) . The construction of the rhamphorhynchoid tail , illustrated in Figure 6.5 , was quite peculiar . The first few caudals were short ...
... Rhamphorhynchus O Pterodactylus size Rhamphorhynchus Pterodactylus вод 0.4 0 20 FIGURE 7.6 How pterosaurs grew . Above : three stages in the development of the skull of Pterodactylus . Middle : a graph of arm length compared with body ...