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==Creationist view==

==Creationist view==

While the [[Great Flood]] explains the current absence of many species in the [[fossil record]] such as terrestrial [[dinosaurs]], it is more problematic to use this to explain the absence of [[pterosaurs]], who like birds could avoid being drowned through flight. Possible explanations are that because pterosaurs are [[reptile]]s, not [[birds]], their [[bone]]s would not have been hollow and could probably not support sustained [[flight]] for long periods.

While the [[Great Flood]] explains the current absence of many species in the [[fossil record]] such as terrestrial [[dinosaurs]], it is more problematic to use this to explain the absence of pterosaurs, who like birds could avoid being drowned through flight. Possible explanations are that because pterosaurs are [[reptile]]s, not [[birds]], their [[bone]]s would not have been hollow and could probably not support sustained [[flight]] for long periods.

However, there is also the possibility that some pterosaurs have survived to this day in remote areas <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669608/posts Free Republic, 20 July 2006 "Pterosaur-like Creatures Reported in Papua New Guinea"</ref>. If this were true, then one could incontrovertibly rule out the [[meteor]] extinction event commonly used by [[evolutionist]]s to explain the demise of many species.

However, there is also the possibility that some pterosaurs have survived to this day in remote areas <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669608/posts Free Republic, 20 July 2006 "Pterosaur-like Creatures Reported in Papua New Guinea"</ref>. If this were true, then one could incontrovertibly rule out the [[meteor]] extinction event commonly used by [[evolutionist]]s to explain the demise of many species.