Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! CNN) -- A new fossil discovery is shedding light on the pterosaur, a 110-million-year-old airborne reptile, scientists reported in this week's issue of the journal Science. The fossil revealed structures similar to some seabirds, leading paleontologists to theorize that the Thalassodromeus sethi -- a previously undiscovered species of pterosaur -- fed like seabirds called skimmers, by swooping along the surface of the ocean and scooping up fish and other sea creatures. For the rest of the article: Here
Why is that surprising? I mean, it's logical, they're both birds, one will have evolved form another. How many dfferent ways are there to eat fish from water? Or am I missing the point of this? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
It is by clues like this that the evolution theory firms itself. It is also the way that debunks creationism. Bit by bit. This is not an unusal discovery, of itsself, nor is it ground breaking in its result. That the way things were in the past is the way things are now. It shows the link though and with that link comes a chain of logic, reason, and evidence pointing the way. I look forward to the day when creationism is no longer a "required" subject due to debunking.
reply to firefly there are almost as many different ways to catch fish from the sea (by birds) as there are species of sea birds. cormorants dive into water and underwater fly after fish prey, penguins don't fly at all and swim after prey, most gulls take fish from the surface, and skimmers (the comparison made in the Science article) fly along the ocean surface with the lower beak in the water, skimming the surface for fish (probably marine invertebrates as well).
