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From: Popping Mad <rainbow@colition.gov>
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Subject: Re: Secondarily flightless (or partially terrestrial) pterosaurs?
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 15:42:00 -0400
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On 5/4/25 9:35 PM, erik simpson wrote:
> I would love to know if Quetzalcoatylus could fly.  It would almost have
> to jump off a cliff to get airborne.


I would actually want to know it if really existed.  I am not certain
the fossil record is solid enough to know that.