Show ! rrr‘ Vr V ‘ 'I1 1 iffW?hrtS£3 tu'£Htf‘irfa1MtiriViA ii 'rn:&Xf&&?xaw lAiW' 1 — There if two ittci flJ Sl!!5 SteiM J!iJ niTrlntu - "pterosaurs” The Jy other kc°wn site in world wheie rosaor tracks have n found is near the Coniers Heree "' ii 'w were in the Mor- - V fe trackway of nine toot ftooversd - ? ' prehistoric reptile this discovery TbeMghfljirtg Red Davila of Grand Courdy High School winners of their first eight basket-Vo- n ball games of the sea- aon will take to the road again this weekend 4 The - Devils eooriwd by Del FurdWsyneJUr- sen and Kan Yama are currently listed as MS ' the top A squad in v " -- : ‘ MofjteToMiirDr Welles estimates their v wi span to be less than 7 ' 2-- fesjfe&S gEn£ iden-fc- re flflcatiMSs tht the toatmade the or traces their home floor The Devils and the Bucks will be back at it agtln and tt shouldprove to be a good dame' The Devils defeated the Bucks S at Moab on Dec : Just prior to theholl-:-o- f the h(u Be- - Moabandhoad right onto Bionticello where :they will test the Buckaroos (by brrak X'- v state Althoch they-v-i- n their Jast encount- are not a tall team by er the Devifo were led standards cf other in scoring fay’s good va-- v schools they are lsadfog rlety of players Donny the rabcantong to nearly Knowles Jeff Cathey Bo all of their encountara : Johnson Kenny Roberts The Davila will maka and Mite Atoison all a trip to Palldtde Fti- - had a good night at the' toy Januanr3 and again hoop wfih reserves playt : tafln8 gliding "" that made ' reptiles were tor smaller themp than my previously identified " in- - n made by a previously unknown spe- - tf tracks thus become the oldest known traces of flying vertebrates in the -- m - 4 The tracks and if gtride lengths at both4 Moab ? sites : are quite small indicating that the ' i K Only remnants of these m ffr Corner Hw 3 ‘ fo addition to those of the flying reptiles or flying v- WM formation making Ue them eonSidVablyV P6 E?8 tracks ‘ pterosaurs creatures the Moab was some petrifledake- - to a sub order of Ptero- Ida remains found in UUria that went extinct and Europe BUnd about 135 million years : These "bones indi- - ago'cated that their original 4 g Tte tracks "at both £ win spans Moab sites confirmed approaching thirty feet that such early flyiiw While the stride length reptiles hwuwl'u walked : ofthe tracks found in with a four-footgait Arizona near the Four Prior to the Four Com’ Corners was well over ers find of tracks sci- two feet there is as yet - entists were not tv:ref no way known for core-- - about how these animals Wing stride length with walked That find indl wfogpan cated that all four limbs ' two discoveries were used for normal 4 of pterosaur tracks near ground locomotion with Moab were made fairly occasional two - footed ntiroli0swekU4taf an w'4£Si0!'tS) r' : '1 y&it: - WM '1 ‘mm W-i- i viv 1 fowtant Partin - ? wt'W " Vt and they will be: Eubanks teerri at Ms toottng for a tough RMM own paee wMle in the and' If M’caa ri:tte: Colorado Scteol4-ga- ed re4'W a - mtMWniiMeM Red Peril wrest- rThe on a loa- bra Lee Stokes the Uidver- dly of Utdi scientistwho actcristiVTVterosaur V dfocovered the Four Cor- - tracks is ' peculiar" ners: tracks (tee sifois front toot fipEblfet'A only six miles from Mo- - Four The other to about 4 threeSlTSSt X teisity miles to the tracks with one of these ' I northeast of Moab Tte very elongated because it exact locations of the was made by the modified rites are befog keptepn- - toe that served as a wfog4 fidential until scientists member The Moab front have a chance to remove foot 'tracks are tour toe tracks tot toed withone elongated: toomsivMrily laboratory for m each " eurrently f eokched bfGsto 4 aad Son Fierce have had A hard tias setting things into foe winning ways 4 toeriherte farWa Wcrittsri ittwieg: HI mww mwiuw mh The Peril : mat squad ward - to : tetter tfoms:Sp ' Fridsy wUl t Devil igyau'TMS: match WiU stert :30 plm ma 1 k ’Slab wlthw' v JV ri at tee keewri Mwb site This site abounds with both large and Small sand-- v ttlr test week indicates VSt y ' 7 deep imprints of STcptile for largerrMooeslabs that are covered with perfect or near-- 1 tori tte County fittSCtool I5adS5u Pterosaurs that aharpdtoedert mudfiaVperfect tracka 'V !' totuhri' could UnUl such a study t la v bearingtoebomwMient4:rri7"'?T:t:l!tt?:'-be Taarf aOlyed The sUmei aMt'm iuro jtekrtort em back' j folding thwtogs :f vandalism should toelrS s-- lar eomplete full knowledge while the animal waikedlocaUons: be discovered ijmoved by big four- - wheel £ slabs bearlngthe ptero- -i wouldbe program are xxi wml of what the tracks might TOs ls wiiat creared the driva'tlrucks :'eoufo6ed & mw tracks found near a&wyll as greatly af5prg but foricatiorts am tori smnenne tut reveal about the habits: characteristic impres' S'i pste(agtototonJMgMwinWto1 provided fte4Fowf :Comeroam-riatotheirunlQue Sriratiflcwith-wiitche-f the V fragile slabs weref w at the University of till torero : ew and appearance of these don 1 m ' value 1 Jttan£a9t -Utah curious reptiles will not 4 Undoubtedly first Geology Mnsqnmiv-4 One further the probloms 'of by sturdy protected be available but pro- under iaiforatory with removal of the crating But this too ' Uminary notes by Ur: eontotioris will add more tracks is toe sheer size would require volunteer Stokes and Dr Samuel to the scarce knowledge and weight of the rock help and equipment that P Welles the University bout pterosaurs in gen- - ' slabs in which they' ap- - the university does not of California prieiontriq-- : erri and these early ape- - : pear At the nearest rite' have If and when these rare their discovery flat who first identified des fo particuUr The the tracks are on two toe curious impressions Smithsonian Institute has big ' rocks Measure- - and unique tracks are contact should be 1 r can be summarized as expressed an interest in mta indicate appreud- - remioved and casts made ' with eitoer me mr ba stqqgh team — follows: of Norwood Spn Steve still befog doteThe the :$nd ¥! is waiting mate weights of 2500 and for study the original W Lec Stakes Profeslathe ngfon Tea wars home frcmi Los'An- - Foroat tefrice roquires a ftdl report before 3300 ' pounds and ‘ fiw a slabs will go on public sorof Geology Depart-w- as Tbe Hed l Both sites near-foiwably one at ment of Geological and geles State Uni versity 4 that each area ' ass a 'gaa aandstooe making them fce discovery- - ta" its to be lifted out by Vlarge v the University of Utah Geophysical Scioiees at and will return to achori'VkWri with ami one in Moab if ato® Uriverrity of Utah in over the weekend 4 S'VPritw8 to1?? approximately 170 mil - monthly magaziifn :4: helicopter-- ' One : cf the track-beaBon years old FossU- the Ufta Ttetero5?ore 1 ted time forggrotmtoeir slabs at r suitable iocation can be Salt Lake City For more Unforttmaly tlw Stu menu tm fowtoet toe ized prehietoric bones d(y of these teb Valuable ' toe otoer Moab rite’ is found Such a display ( know 1 edge concerning " FWM NEBRASKA Mvidual and Mrs users airitte ril toaS IMm Mrr ’the would Jimmy W riU overwhelm the tfoy ri animals Sroextreme- ffotohasbesndelayed4 even laigerand in at ready to physiulprjlns torolved itwouldtebeat Dldrerstm and tety gfol toetMriwXf 4 4y rromdeni ly rare fo the Navajo it will taker a certain J: more awkward location : Moab Museum Glot RieteMt direct and these Are tteoaly amount trf effort and Others are smaller: t Until then Moab area to contact me I have from SUhey Nebraska reto Christinas for of tod Conner been known tracks within this fondfog for removal of : spent for To date efforts residents ira in a curi designated mtrmu with the eolian sandstone v : toe rock alris that con- - : University ofUtafciCien- - 4 ous position — they live University Jimmy present that as ferf as 2 At the time itoen toe tafo the tracks Tb date ' ttsta to enlist voluntary V near the only known fly- -' Sn this matter at Moab Mrs Ruto jACterson and ' this were made tbe University of Utah y aid in the projert from Atg reptile tracks in the tradu somewhat resem- - has hot been arid to do Utah industries that own whole world tost are not bled the Sahara Desert with 'vast ngrsand a ' “ - UW‘‘ h i IS- vVv 3 v '--1 elgieimistliM - : : ijs y ' fw4ir' Ifovttaqjmdp: r ! - rii 01 : ! - T v broken only fay occasional Splays’ - Berv--BfjRAND- fV i yt&rxmm ab-:ait- bli St'’fjH? 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