tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post8533070303255233625..comments2024-03-18T15:38:10.748+00:00Comments on Pterosaur.net Blog: Staking the vampire pterosaur: Jeholopterus was NOT a vampireUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-20986767015857755982020-06-14T01:16:32.211+01:002020-06-14T01:16:32.211+01:00You wrote: "I don't think anyone has a pr...You wrote: "I don't think anyone has a problem with anurognathid skulls being very usual." That's the problem. They're not that unusual. The gradually evolved from more primitive taxa, as all taxa do. In the SMNS 81928 specimen everyone 'sees' that big curved bone in the anterior half of the skull that Bennett identified as giant sclerotic ring. The only problem is: it has teeth. And there's not a matching ring on the right side. And scleral rings also crush so they look like ovals. Tracings here: http://reptileevolution.com/anurognathus-SMNS.htm<br /><br />I will be the first to admit that tiny crushed fossils are difficult to understand. That's why elements have to be traced, then reconstructed. Then corrected. No one, not even me, can eyeball these things. Elements have to be digitally segregated before they make sense.<br /><br />With regard to fringes, frills and extensive soft tissue, Jeholopterus has a great deal preserved. Something your illustration omits... not sure why. Kellner et al. 2010 mentions these soft elements without reconstructing them. <br /><br />Mark, I encourage you to spend a day tracing elements on Jeholopterus, then reconstructing them. Don't give up because the task appears difficult. Use the links I provide as guides. Then do the same with a wide variety of taxa, as I have. With that data I also encourage you to create your own phylogenetic analysis. Then go back and correct any errors that the analysis illuminates. It's not easy. Don't fall for the easy way out. <br /><br />Soft tissue, multiple views of reconstruction based on precise tracings here: http://reptileevolution.com/jeholopterus.htmD.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13009843520057633239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-86651297240968787902020-06-14T00:47:42.360+01:002020-06-14T00:47:42.360+01:00I've seen that art. It belongs to someone else...I've seen that art. It belongs to someone else creating a parody. 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If yes, these your chance. It's a world of vampire where life get easier,We have made so many persons vampires and have turned them rich, You will assured long life and prosperity, You shall be made to be very sensitive to mental alertness, Stronger and also very fast, You will not be restricted to walking at night only even at the very middle of broad day light you will be made to walk, This is an opportunity to have the human vampire virus to perform in a good posture. If you are interested contact us on Vampirelord7878@gmail.comLord Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802168788305626209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-68509796815871639192016-04-12T19:04:48.287+01:002016-04-12T19:04:48.287+01:00A point here: why would vampire bay analogs need t...A point here: why would vampire bay analogs need the flappy wings that these muppets have? Or the excessive g- loading capabilities that would seem totally unnecessary? Vampire bats are strong, but I'm pretty sure they're considerably weaker than insect- hawking bats. The strong terrestrial capabilities are mysterious, suggesting that they may have perched atop a branch or something waiting for a large bug to fly by, but on the other hand, strong terrestriality is a common feature in smaller pterosaurs, and their land locomotion might not have been used in hunting at all.Pds3.14https://www.blogger.com/profile/01042151103642336762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-22638922941234230822016-04-12T19:03:55.542+01:002016-04-12T19:03:55.542+01:00A point here: why would vampire bay analogs need t...A point here: why would vampire bay analogs need the flappy wings that these muppets have? Or the excessive g- loading capabilities that would seem totally unnecessary? Vampire bats are strong, but I'm pretty sure they're considerably weaker than insect- hawking bats. The strong terrestrial capabilities are mysterious, suggesting that they may have perched atop a branch or something waiting for a large bug to fly by, but on the other hand, strong terrestriality is a common feature in smaller pterosaurs, and their land locomotion might not have been used in hunting at all.Pds3.14https://www.blogger.com/profile/01042151103642336762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-30831840893449799682015-08-23T22:36:40.744+01:002015-08-23T22:36:40.744+01:00I don't know why David Peters even considered ...I don't know why David Peters even considered his renditions of pterosaurs a scientific possibility. I mean, take his restoration Pteranodon for example: all those frilly structures on its body would most certainly inhibit its ability to fly. Flying animals today have to be areodynamic and lack all those frilly features. Pteranodon, being more at home on the air than on the ground, would have needed to be aerodynamic too. Christian Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303169931843461161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-84455566638258412212015-07-18T23:31:14.787+01:002015-07-18T23:31:14.787+01:00I want share with you how i became a vampire. this...I want share with you how i became a vampire. this something i have dream of all my life and i said to myself that i we do and give anything to belong to this family. Today with the help of DR Alaska am a full member of that family today. All i need was a blood to turn and him provided me with that and today and stronger, faster, hear from afar and many other qualities all thanks to him . If you dream of becoming one here is his contacts dralaskajohn@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685984670164253124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-43619526669930475132015-07-18T23:31:07.682+01:002015-07-18T23:31:07.682+01:00I want share with you how i became a vampire. this...I want share with you how i became a vampire. this something i have dream of all my life and i said to myself that i we do and give anything to belong to this family. Today with the help of DR Alaska am a full member of that family today. All i need was a blood to turn and him provided me with that and today and stronger, faster, hear from afar and many other qualities all thanks to him . If you dream of becoming one here is his contacts dralaskajohn@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685984670164253124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-47608665133350962552015-07-18T23:30:56.246+01:002015-07-18T23:30:56.246+01:00I want share with you how i became a vampire. this...I want share with you how i became a vampire. this something i have dream of all my life and i said to myself that i we do and give anything to belong to this family. Today with the help of DR Alaska am a full member of that family today. All i need was a blood to turn and him provided me with that and today and stronger, faster, hear from afar and many other qualities all thanks to him . If you dream of becoming one here is his contacts dralaskajohn@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685984670164253124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-74900632729913081642015-07-18T23:29:52.417+01:002015-07-18T23:29:52.417+01:00I want share with you how i became a vampire. this...I want share with you how i became a vampire. this something i have dream of all my life and i said to myself that i we do and give anything to belong to this family. Today with the help of DR Alaska am a full member of that family today. All i need was a blood to turn and him provided me with that and today and stronger, faster, hear from afar and many other qualities all thanks to him . If you dream of becoming one here is his contacts dralaskajohn@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685984670164253124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-73794949124745881382012-03-11T21:36:22.737+00:002012-03-11T21:36:22.737+00:00I'm sure you can predict my response: with the...I'm sure you can predict my response: with the exception of the juvenile <i>Anurognathus</i>, all anurognathid skulls are incompletely preserved and and badly crushed. They could not reveal the same information as seen in Bennett's reconstruction because of this. <br /><br />"ALL the tests that can possibly be applied to the Bennett anurognathid have to be applied..."<br /><br />So how do you explain that others can see the bones and features outlined in Bennett's Anuro. reconstruction in the actual fossil, but they cannot do the same for yours?Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-81931187611673643862012-03-11T21:01:40.623+00:002012-03-11T21:01:40.623+00:00It's so interesting that when Bennett (2007) c...It's so interesting that when Bennett (2007) came up with that bizarre, autapomorphic monstrosity that everyone glommed on to it, but when I produced a much more conservative reconstruction, with all parts identified and symmetrical - and plesiomorphic - the experts chose the monster. <br /><br />You mentioned "virtually continuous mass" in the chaos of skull bones and that is exactly what I saw before picking out first one element then another using Photoshop, until all pixels were accounted for. Then, by copying and pasting to make sure I didn't cheat, the reconstruction was created and every part fit. What more could you want? Yes, it's difficult. Jeholopterus took a month. <br /><br />Then I duplicated the method with the other anurognathids and achieved the same sort of results.<br /><br />Simply looking doesn't work with these chaotic roadkills. You have to digitally remove the layers of elements one at a time to achieve any sort of success and understanding. <br /><br />You might ask yourself, what is the closest known sister taxon to the anurognathidae? Peteinosaurus and MCSNB 8950 don't have a skull, unfortunately. You have to go back to Dimorphodon and Preondactylus, and they both have a large antorbital fenestra and small eyes in the back of the skull like other pterosaurs. Where is the giant orbit in Dendrorhynchoides or the CAGS specimen attributed to Jeholopterus? Should be visible if similar to Bennett's reconstruction, but nothing of the sort will ever be found. I found the sclerotic rings of both, and they are small and in the back of the skull. <br /><br />So, ALL the tests that can possibly be applied to the Bennett anurognathid have to be applied and found to be continuous across a phylogenetic gamut of anurognathids. When that happens, let me know...<br /><br />BTW I sympathize and agree completely regarding those journalists. <br /><br />Dave<br />more details on all the above at www.reptileevolution.comD.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13009843520057633239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-64887625473401448782012-03-11T20:35:31.004+00:002012-03-11T20:35:31.004+00:00Dave,
I don't think anyone has a problem with...Dave,<br /><br />I don't think anyone has a problem with anurognathid skulls being very usual. Most parts of anurognathid anatomy are unusual in one way or another. Their skulls have always been hard to interpret, but the majority of pterosaur workers are happy that they had very wide, short and skulls with very large orbits. From what I can see, the <i>Jeholopterus</i> skull doesn't seem dissimilar to that of the better-preserved juvenile <i>Anurognathus</i> described by Bennett, but it's very hard to make out the majority of the bones in the former. The braincase and right side of the skull, in particular, are compressed into a virtually continuous mass, and I would be cautious about identifying any of the bones within it. Wang et al. (2002) - the chaps who described the actual specimen, not photographs - were equally hesitant. From what I can see, you have vastly overinterpreted what is discernible in the <i>Jeholopterus</i> holotype skull: I cannot see the features you outline in my photos of the specimen. By contrast, I can see exactly what Bennett interprets in the little Anuro. in my own photos of the same specimen, and agree with his interpterations. <br /><br />Also, I'm sure you don't need reminding that conference abstracts are not considered credible publications in the way that peer-reviewed papers are. Many editors do not even allow abstracts to be cited in technical papers for this reason. This is probably why no-one has 'officially' rebutted your work: it has not yet been demonstrated as a hypothesis worth serious consideration in peer-reviewed literature. Indeed, the catalyst for this post was my annoyance at journalism that did not appreciate this distinction, not so much the idea itself.Mark Wittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524696111911168322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-51416582979721224892012-03-10T15:04:37.330+00:002012-03-10T15:04:37.330+00:00Mark,
I see denial here and rejection, but no comp...Mark,<br />I see denial here and rejection, but no competitive candidate insitu interpretation of the Jeholopterus skull in detail comparable to what I offered in 2003 and offer still on my website. And it's been nine years since 2003. It would be more scientific for someone to provide a new interpretation of the Jeholopterus skull elements so we can compare one to one and come to an agreement. Simply decrying, denouncing and repudiating the best effort to date doesn't help us get closer to the truth. It makes everyone on that side of the fence look like their into denial.<br /><br />I don't shrink from pointing out errors with evidence. Neither should you.<br /><br />All the elements are there in Jeholopterus, simply trace them out and reconstruct them. Let's see what you come up with. Don't forget there's a large manual ungual on top of the skull that others overlooked. <br /><br />I see your preferred illustration follows the Bennett model with a giant eyeball in the front half of the skull, a tiny slitlike antorbital fenestra and a wide parietal broadly separating the upper temporal fenestrae. The Bennett interpretation of the flathead anurognathid has so many basic autapomorphic errors that it is a monster, unlike any other known pterosaur. I'm surprised that you bought into it. <br /><br />All of my many tracings and reconstructions of anurognathids follow basic pterosaur anatomy with small eyes in the back half of the skull and narrow parietals. All of my tracings find symmetrically identical left and right bones, which Bennett was unable to do, despite a dorsal exposure in the flathead anurognathid. His large so-called sclerotic ring was preserved edge-on, which never happens in other specimens. That's one maxilla and those divisions represent crushed bone around tooth roots. The real sclerotic rings, both of them, are visible near the back of the skull as small circles. All these are presented at reptileevolution.com<br /><br />I present evidence that passes many tests including symmetry, fit within a reconstruction and phylogenetic similarity to sister taxa. I hope someone who disagrees with my reconstructions can do the same. <br /><br />And please remind your readers that the Hone, Sullivan and Bennett (2009) paper questioning the concept of parallel interphalangeal lines several times agreed that lines could be drawn, never provided a five- or four-digit animal without such lines and that a rebuttal paper answered all of their misconceptions. <br /><br />Peters, David(2010) 'In defence of parallel interphalangeal lines', Historical Biology, First published on: 24 June 2010 (iFirst)<br /><br />Dave PetersD.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13009843520057633239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6430035742565248013.post-77971994460833509372012-03-02T06:03:58.823+00:002012-03-02T06:03:58.823+00:00As someone (an undergraduate admittedly) who has s...As someone (an undergraduate admittedly) who has spent a lot of time looking at vampire bat dentition and skulls this idea is...fanciful to say the least. <br />Even if you take the interpretation of large front teeth as true, puncturing with two large teeth is pretty inconsistent with how big sanguivores do business as far as I know (slicing seems to be the main method). A fun discussion nonetheless, and as Mike said above any hints on the upcoming book is good. <br /><br />-JamesJames Proffitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02702026356093343665noreply@blogger.com