finally listened to the latest episode of Terrible Lizards podcast, hosted by @dave_hone and Iszi Lawrence.

A great overview of Dave Hone's new paper on the sterna of 60+(?) different species of pterosaurs, huge variation in pterosaur sterna, and why that is weird.

paper: https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023/3813-the-sternum-of-pterosaurs

blog article: https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2023/04/20/everything-you-didnt-think-to-ask-about-the-pterosaur-sternum-and-were-afraid-to-ask/

podcast: https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls09e05-a-sternum-talking-to

shoutout to @SkyeMcDavid for doing all the wonderful illustrations of sterna in the paper.

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#pterosaurs
#sternum
#flight

#sternum #raphus #raphidae #flightlessness