"We had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about Darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs, while the rest of the skeleton, including a very long tail, is identical to that of primitive forms, " he said.

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"We are changing vehicles all the time so it is not strange that we get rid of vehicles but the thing we didn't do was replace them, " he said.

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This may sound strange but the best thing that has happened for this team is we haven't posted big, big scores yet.

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