Talk:Kryptodrakon

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A news item involving Kryptodrakon was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 27 April 2014.

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Unidentifiable "boundary"

...Middle–Late Jurassic boundary fossils... The "boundary" is not expressed. Do the strata in which the fossil was found lie at the artificial boundary between- epochs deemed "Mid-Jurassic" and those deemed "Late"?-Wetman (talk) 14:56, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, and that you interpreted this correctly shows that the boundary actually is expressed ;o). I'll try and rephrase it.--MWAK (talk) 11:39, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to "modern pterosaurs"

"Long-winged modern pterosaurs" is probably not intended.

Also, is "30 square cm" deliberate? ("1 square U.S. foot" = "900 square cm") I am surprised that a pterosaur with a 1.5 m wingspan could end up in so small a space.

209.217.123.34 (talk) 14:50, 28 April 2014 (UTC) cctimar[reply]

No, the "modern" obviously pertains to the birds only — and therefore there is no real ambiguity here. I'll change it nevertheless :o). The publication states in the Supplementary Information: "The elements of the holotype and only specimen of Kryptodrakon progenitor (IVPP V18184), gen. et sp. nov. were collected from a 30 cm2 area separated from all other fossils by at least 10 m distance." Such a concentration of bones is not exceptional, flowing water often deposing them in a little heap. Also it should be remembered that only a few, mostly broken and partial, elements were preserved, not an entire pterosaur.--MWAK (talk) 11:59, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]