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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... feet ) in wingspan , have come to light over the last 100 years.47 Campylognathoides demonstrates several typical features of the lineage , most noticeably the " drooped " tip of the lower jaw , from which erupt two large " prey ...
... feet ) in wingspan when fully grown and most reached 3 or 4 meters ( 10 to 12 feet ) . Several , including Pteranodon , grew to remarkably large sizes , with wings that reached 6 or even 7 meters ( 20 to 22 feet ) across ...
... feet ) or more . The most famous member of this category is the original specimen of Quetzalcoatlus northropi , a series of arm bones that be- longed to a pterosaur about 10 meters ( 33 feet ) in wingspan . Quetzalcoatlus was not the ...