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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... meters ] long ) above ; Ornithocheirus ( 2 feet [ 0.67 meters ] long ) , middle above ; and Pteranodon ( 3 feet [ 1 meter ] long ) , middle below ; and the skeleton of Coloborhynchus , about 15 feet ( 4.5 meters ) in wingspan , below ...
... meters ( 26 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 ...
... meters ( 3 to 6 feet ) in wingspan , most seemed to have reached at least 5 meters ( 16 feet ) or so , and adults of at least three different species grew to 10 meters ( 33 feet ) or more.47 Moreover , lumping together all the data we ...