First, the whole black and white part of the illustration is a neck flap that may or may not have existed. It makes the neck look super thick, but it was just the artist’s interpretation.
Second, penguins. Pterosaurs have big, hollow heads and skeletons that look like they should have flown. The same can be said of penguins.
But penguins are flightless birds? I could imagine the big guy being a flightless bird with vestigial wings, like ostriches.
The strong head, small body with all four extremities being used to stand seems more evolved for walking to me (I know next to nothing about fossil reconstruction though)
There’s a little of both in play here.
First, the whole black and white part of the illustration is a neck flap that may or may not have existed. It makes the neck look super thick, but it was just the artist’s interpretation.
Second, penguins. Pterosaurs have big, hollow heads and skeletons that look like they should have flown. The same can be said of penguins.
I recall reading something about a similar Dino that didn’t so much fly and ran and glided instead. I wonder if it’s similar to what this big boy did.
Look just because we haven’t found any air fossils yet
But penguins are flightless birds? I could imagine the big guy being a flightless bird with vestigial wings, like ostriches.
The strong head, small body with all four extremities being used to stand seems more evolved for walking to me (I know next to nothing about fossil reconstruction though)
That’s his point.
Well hollow bones in birds aren’t for flying but for breathing purposes so your second point isn’t exactly right.