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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That enabled animals to grow as large as they did, and it enabled massive pterosaurs like Quetzalcoatlus to exist.

I wasn't responding to comparing dinosaurs to pterosaurs. I was responding to the part about them being big because of the atmosphere.

There's a number of reasons we don't have brontosaur-sized elephants. The differences in the atmosphere explains far less than hyper-efficient lungs and light bones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh I see. Good to know!