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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... pteroid . The pteroid — short , flat and spatula - like in rhamphorhynchoids , but long , thin and not unlike a conductor's baton in pterodactyloids — has been and remains the most contentious bone in the entire pterosaur skeleton ...
... pteroid . Back in the Mesozoic , this might well have been how pterosaurs appeared when they were at rest , the wings partially or fully fold- ed and the propatagium in its " relaxed " position . As mentioned in Chapter 6 , however ...
... pteroid , but also by reducing tension in the cheiropatagium , either by relaxing the muscle fibers in the membrane or simply by moving the arm and leg slightly closer together . By swiveling the arm at the shoulder and the leg at the ...