How Did Pteranodon Walk?

Earlier we looked at terrestrial locomotion in pterosaurs, discriminating a basal bipedal taxon from the quadrupedal track makers that can be matched to tracks attributed to ctenochasmatid, pterodactyloid (check out the animation!) and maybe even ornithocheirid pterosaurs (Peters 2000, 2010, 2011). We also looked at the many potential problems that surround the wing launch hypothesis…

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