'It reminds us that the early history of flight was full of innovations, not all of which survived.'
“它提醒我们,在飞翔演化的早期历史中,充满了创新尝试。
Dr Kevin Padian, a palaeontologist at the University of California Berkeley, warned that the animal may not have been able to fly at all.
但是加州大学伯克利分校的凯文·帕丁恩警告称奇翼龙可能根本就不会飞。
He said: ‘Still, we are left in a quandary: an animal with a strange structure that looks as if it could have been used in flight, borne by an animal that otherwise shows no such tendencies.
他说:“我们仍然陷入了一种困境:一种有着奇特的、看起来能够有助于飞行的结构的动物,却是由一种没有显现出飞行趋势的动物生出来的。
‘And so far, there is no other plausible explanation for the function of this structure.’
“到目前为止,对于这种结构的功能还缺少更有力可信的解释。
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