22.03.2007
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Ancient Gliding Lizards
... Spread out the ribs to turn them into battens ...
Ron Gleason ()
writes:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259900,00.html
An ancient arboreal lizard coasted through the air using a
wing-like membrane stretched across elongated ribs, a new fossil reveals. Dubbed
Xianglong zhaoi, the gliding lizard lived during the Early Cretaceous period,
about 150 million years ago.
http://OzReport.com/1174567292
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